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Alexander A. Krein
… Klezmer musician and poet. In 1908 he began his formal musical education at the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied cello and composition. Shortly after finishing his degree, Krein was … Jewish national style. Krein found inspiration in the musical traditions of the synagogue. He utilized melodic …
Marc Lavry
… Marc Lavry was born in Riga , Latvia and received his formal musical education at the Riga and Leipzig conservatories … melodies, Israeli folk songs and Chasidic dance and musical idioms. Lavry is recognized as one of the pioneers … art music, not only for the quality and influence of his compositions, but also his contribution as a conductor of …
Myer Leoni
… Myer Leoni began his musical career as an opera singer in England . In 1767 he … held until his death in 1796. Several of Leoni’s liturgical compositions are included in Aaron Beer’s collection of …
Israel Lovy
… . In 1799, Lovy settled in Fürth were he continued his musical and secular education, becoming accomplished in … rendition of the service to compliment these reforms. These compositions for choir and organ, along with other earlier …
Gustav Mahler
… German-speaking Jewish community. Mahler's formal musical education began in 1875 at the Conservatory of Music … studied piano with teacher Julius Epstein, and harmony and composition with Robert Fuchs and Franz Krenn. After … gained momentum, and in 1883 he was appointed the Royal Musical and Choral Director of Kassel , a position he held …
Pinhas Minkowski
… tradition with his father, and supplemented his basic musical education by joining the choir of Cantor Nissan … Jewish Conservatory and was the chairman of the Ha-Zamir musical society, under whose auspices he published several … of Jewish music and hazzanut. The majority of Minkowski’s compositions remain in manuscript form, and are preserved in …
Nahum Nardi
… the Sephardic community, had a unique influence on Nardi's musical development. During their work together he arranged … kinds of concerts required, he returned to focusing on composition and accompanying and training singers to perform … Eran Nardi, collected his artistic legacy which included musical scores, recordings, and other documents, and handed …
Sholom Secunda
… and C. Once in New York, Mr. Wolf began to manage Sholom's musical career, setting up engagements in a number of … career came to a venerable halt. However, he continued his musical and general education at Eron Prep School, and began … with Jewish composer Ernest Bloch with whom he studied composition privately. Bloch had a profound influence on …
Mordekhai Seter
… as a 10-year old child, and at 16 he went to further his musical education in Europe (Paris, 1932-1937, studying with … his peers of that generation, he acquired his formative musical education in Europe, and had already become … role, and since the late 1960s he also refused to teach composition and rejected commissions. Focusing on …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser began his formal musical education with the local hazzan of Novata Ushitsa, … During this time, Weisser was able to develop his compositional talent, and he incorporated many of his … active member of the Society of Jewish Composers. Weisser's compositional output is extensive and varied. Aside from the …