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Hirsch Weintraub
… son of cantor-composer Solomon Weintraub , and started his musical training at an early age singing as a chorister in … Later he left to study harmony in Vienna (where he was influenced greatly by Salomon Sulzer's style) and in …
David Nowakowsky
… at the Brody Synagogue in Odessa. Nowakowsky was deeply influenced by Blumenthal’s heavy use of the Germanic idiom, … poem Tikvateinu for the Fifth Zionist Conference. His musical arrangment of the poem was later replaced by a …
Kurt Weill
… short stay there he emigrated to the USA. In the USA he was influenced by popular music and jazz, he met several of the … figures of the Broadway stage and began to write musicals that enjoyed tremendous popularity. Weill held the …
Darius Milhaud
… group known as Les Six . He drew inspiration from diverse musical traditions, incorporating jazz, Brazilian rhythms, … . … Composer … French … Jewish composers … Jewish musical tradition … Jazz influence … Darius Milhaud …
Aaron Copland
… theory and composition with Rubin Goldmark, continuing his musical education with Goldmark, Victor Wittgenstein and … Theater (1925) and Piano Variations (1930) were strongly influenced by jazz music. Although the heavy jazz idiom of …
Yizhak Edel
… Like his grandfather, his parents did not approve of Edel's musical life. After a short period in Rovna, Edel, eager to … arts. In 1922, Edel returned to Warsaw and completed his musical studies between 1922-1927. He studied theory and … Janosz Korcak orphanage for three years, an experience that influenced his educational thought. Beside Korcak, he taught …
Ernest Bloch
… United States in 1916, and in 1920 was appointed the first Musical Director of the fledgling Cleveland Institute of … (1910) and Symphony in C Sharp Minor (1902), were heavily influenced by the German school, specifically composer …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … violin lessons with his father. Achron continued his formal musical education at St. Petersburg Conservatory where he … Piano accompaniment (1919-22) displaying modern harmonic influences. Achron’s entire oeuvre combines 19th century …
Samuel Alman
… Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education at the conservatory in Odessa and was a … in Kishinev , Alman moved to London where he continued his musical studies at the Royal College of Music. There he … other local Jewish choirs in London . Alman was deeply influenced by the Eastern European cantorial tradition, …
Alexander A. Krein
… Klezmer musician and poet. In 1908 he began his formal musical education at the Moscow Conservatory, where he … modern Russian composition. Krein’s early work was deeply influenced by the music of Scriabin and Greig, as well as … Jewish national style. Krein found inspiration in the musical traditions of the synagogue. He utilized melodic …