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Edith (Esther) Gerson Kiwi
… Folklore and Ethnology. In 1963 she founded the Museum of Musical Instruments at the Rubin Academy of Music in … Her research includes a collection of over 7,000 musical recordings, as well as a number of publications … and mutual influence found in Jewish, Christian and Muslim musical traditions. To view her biography on the Jewish …
Don Harrán
… Jewish women as poets and singers; the beginnings of Hebrew musical historiography. … Musicologist … Don Harrán …
Ruth HaCohen (Pinczower)
… compassion and solidarity. Her research also probes musical modes of signification, in relation and …
Andre Hajdu
Born in Hungary on 5 March 1932 to a characteristically assimilated Hungarian-Jewish…
Rivka Havassy
… studies, with a focus on Ladino traditional oral poetry; musical and folk culture of the Sephardi community of …
Alberto Hemsi
… Studied music in Izmir, and later in Milan. Worked as musical director in various synagogues in Egypt (1927-1957) …
Jehoash Hirshberg
… The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Research interests: The musical heritage of the Karaite Jews in Israel. History of …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… and embarked on a massive project to record their unique musical and linguistic traditions. To his end, Idelsohn was … he perceived the origin of their Hebrew pronunciation and musical heritage as dating back to the first century c.e. He argued that their musical and linguistic traditions were relatively …
Eric Karsenti
… Ministry of Health. Research interests in Jewish music: the musical traditions of the Algerian Jews; Written sources of …
Robert Lachmann
… expeditions to North Africa , recording and documenting the musical practices of communities in Tripoli , Tunisia , … Djerba, Lachmann recorded the liturgical and paraliturgical musical traditions of the local Jewish community, material … set their traditions in the larger context of Near Eastern musical practices, thereby creating an historic and …