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Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog
… The Jewish Music Research Centre mourns the recent passing of ethnomusicologist Avigdor Herzog (1922-2022), one of the founders of modern Jewish music research and documentation in Israel, and curator emeritus …
El Shokhen Shamayim - A Recorded Pearl of Andalusian Hebrew Music from Algeria Recovered
… magnificent collection of 78 rpm recordings of Sephardic music is well-known to all those interested in this … interactions characteristic of modern North African Jewish music. The other side of our record contains another … the Cairo Genizah online; to Prof. Jonathan Glasser and his research associates for their analysis of the tune; to Prof. …
Salamone Rossi’s HaShirim Asher LiShlomo in its Fourth Centennial (5383-5783)
… Even if you are mildly interested in Jewish music, you cannot avoid Salamone Rossi and his … poems has not ceased to captivate the imagination of modern musicians, scholars and their audiences. As time passed, … dedicated a considerable span of his academic career to researching Rossi’s life and work. With a tongue in cheek, …
Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong
… history is complex, revealing a number of interrelated musical and textual settings. Looking into the information … of different composers, such as the prominent Iraqi-Jewish musician Salah al-Kuwaity (1908-1986), and in some cases it … prominently in the work of Sara Manasseh, who conducted research on the expatriate Iraqi Jewish community of Bombay, …
Nitzan Hen Razael
… Nitzan-Chen Razael grew up in Jerusalem in a musical family. His grandfather was a cellist. He studied in the high school close to the Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem and then in the high school … a pedagogy of the piyyut. At 2005-2008 he served as a music researcher on the ' Invitation to Piyyut' website, and …
Armand Sabah
… Israel with his family at age ten. His father came from a musical family related to the renowned Moroccan singer and composer Sami Elmagribi. The love of music in his household was evident through the constant presence of music and the extensive collection of records his father …
Oratorio Ester - The salvation of Israel by Esther (Video)
… The salvation of Israel by Esther by Cristiano G. Lidarti (music) and Rabbi Jacob Raphael Saraval (libretto). Based on … Produced by The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Jewish Music Research Centre, Tel-Ad Jerusalem Studios. Recorded in …
Leó Weiner
… Leó Weiner was born in Budapest. He had his first music and piano lessons from his brother, and later studied at the Academy of Music in Budapest, studying with János (Hans) Koessler. … 1908, he became a theory teacher at the Budapest Academy of Music. He was appointed Professor of Composition in 1912 and …
Pete Sokolow
… in the Catskills span older and newer generations of Jewish musicians. Sokolow has played with many major figures in … and been an important figure in the revival of klezmer music. Sokolow has orchestrated numerous albums, musicals and films. His albums include Klezmer Plus , by the …
Yaqub Murad al-‘Amari (aka Yaqub Bar-Nay)
… occupations out of necessity. Wrote a manuscript on Iraqi music theory but was discouraged by lack of recognition for … both recorded by IBA in 1970. Articles: Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited by Esther Warkov. … … Iraqi Broadcasting Ensemble in Baghdad … Oriental Music Orchestra … oud player … nay player … Yaqub Murad …