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Gideon Klein
… At the age of twelve, Klein moved to Prague to study music and liberal arts at the Jirasek Gymnasium. While in … Kurz. That same year, he began a double-degree program in musicology and philosophy at the Karl University. In the … whose chorus Klein composed folk songs in Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since procuring scores in the ghetto …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in Petakh Tikva, … songs, in general, for which he wrote both words and music, portray sceneries borrowed from the world of … sold on records. In this hopeless struggle against foreign music, in 1948, Zamir started broadcasting on all of the …
Rafael Schächter
… War I, Schächter moved to Brno, where he began his formal musical studies. He continued his studies at the Prague Conservatory of Music, where he received degrees in composition and … was particularly opportune; he arranged Czech, Slovak, Hebrew and even Russian folk songs for Schächter's expanding …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… While in Prague , Schul discovered medieval manuscripts of Hebrew chant in Leiben’s synagogue. This discovery sparked Schul's interest in Jewish musical themes, which he began to incorporate into his … Schul did not exclusively compose thematically Jewish music while interned in Terezín. For example, Schul composed …
Mordekhai Zeira
… born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a musical family, his musical education consisted mostly of a handful of piano … produced many songs that constitute an integral part of the Hebrew folksong . Many of their songs played a documentary …
Pavel Haas
… in his father's business until 1935, when he began teaching music theory, and later music. Haas began composing while working with his father, … by Jewish music include Al S'fod (1942) composed to Hebrew words by David Shim'oni, and Fantasy on a Jewish …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… Shtiler, shtiler ('Quiet, Quiet'), his best-known poem (in Hebrew known as Ponar ), written in response to the mass … for Jewish Research website ' Shmerke Kaczerginski ' in Music during the Holocaust website. Other sources: Werb, … at UCLA: 2014). Songs of Kaczerginski in Zemereshet (in Hebrew) A list of Shmerke Kaczerginski's publcations at The …
Neil Levin
… and academic life to the scholarly study of the music of Jewish experience from historical, musicological, ethnological, Judaic, and cross-cultural … repertoire of synagogue music, cantorial art, Yiddish and Hebrew folksong, the music of modern Israel, and music of …
Nurit Hirsh
… of Nurit Hirsh's songs are inalienable assets of the Hebrew Folk Song ('Zemer Ivri'). She composed more than one … 'Bashana Haba'a,' and 'Lalehet Shevi Ahare'a.' She composed music for poems by Hayim Nahman Bialik, Natan Alterman, Lea … at both national and international festivals. She wrote music for cinema, television, theatre and video. Nurit Hirsh …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… by Ascap Today as, 'a major force in today's liturgical music.' Issachar Miron has made a name for himself … established he was named the National Deputy Director of Music for Israel's Ministry of Education and Culture. He … work include the international mega hit 'Tzena Tzena' with Hebrew words by Yehiel Hagiz, and English words by Gordon …