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Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… was exposed to the tradition of Hassidic melodies and Hebrew zemirot through his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser began his formal musical education with the local hazzan of Novata Ushitsa, … composed many secular songs for voice and piano, incidental music, two collections of Hassidic Melodies, and a plethora …
Mordekhai Hershman
… El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout … “a great concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall“. The Hebrew press in British Palestine profusely advertised … the porous line separating secular from the religious musical practices led by great cantors of the time such as …
Israel Meyer Japhet
… in 1892. Japhet composed a large body of Jewish liturgical music for use in his Synagogue. His arrangements were … He also published a wide range of instructive texts on Hebrew grammar, and on the correct cantillation of the Bible …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… community took notice of Asher Mizrahi’s pleasant voice and musical talents, and he began to earn money working as a local hazzan and as an ud musician. He also supported himself by selling embroidered … Asher Mizrahi to participate in a special program in Hebrew, broadcast every Monday. When one of the Monday …
David Abikzer
… in Casablanca, Morocco, and it was there that he began his musical education. His vocal talent was evident from a young … the United States, he also graduated from the US School of Music. Abikzer's unique position at Cedarhurst is a … 60 albums of Sephardic songs and liturgical repertoire in Hebrew, Ladino, and Arabic. This includes albums such as ' …
Eliezer S. Abinun
… of its former main Sephardi synagogue, now a museum. Both Hebrew and Ladino were spoken at home; and Abinun was thus … cultural heritage of the London community. His knowledge of Hebrew grammar and literature was deep and broad. He … He was an acknowledged authority on both the liturgical music and the secular Romancero tradition of the Sephardim. …
Isaac Offenbach
… He left his hometown in 1799 to travel as a wandering musician. In his travels he picked up the epithet “der … settled in Duetz where he worked for many years as a saloon musician. Offenbach moved to Cologne in 1816 where he was … of Religion in New York, and to the Birnbaum Collection at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Offenbach was also a …
Jacques Offenbach
… was born in Cologne to father Isaac Offenbach , a local music teacher and hazzan. He was identified as a musical prodigy early on, and at the age of four he began to … waltzes including Rebecca , a waltz based on 15th century Hebrew melodies, debuted at the Jardin Turc Theater. …
Moshe Zacuto
… See Edwin Seroussi's article (in Hebrew): The Musical World of Moses Zacuto in Light of his …
Lazar Weiner
… For full biography at the Milken Archive of Jewish Music click here … Composer of Yiddish and Hebrew art songs … Composers … Song … 0 … Composer … Hebrew … Yiddish … Art … Songs … Lazar Weiner …