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Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… Eliyahu Navon excelled as well. From an early stage in life, Navon was influenced by the new currents which spread … 50 of these songs and melodies, transcribed in printed musical notation. After some time, he became acquainted with … said that he was a main vessel in bringing Judeo- Turkish musical traditions to Eretz-Yisrael and that he had great …
Else Lasker-Schüler
… a German-Jewish poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and her poetry. She was one of the few … fled Nazi Germany and lived out the rest of her life in Jerusalem. Some of Lasker-Schüler's poems were … my native well'), performed by Ofra Haza. In addition, musical works were composed according to Lasker-Schüler's …
Joseph Papernikoff
… Thanks to his voice, a beautiful alto voice, and his musical hearing, he was accepted at the age of 8 to the … of Jewish identity. Papernikoff was active in the cultural life of the party and published his poems in a pamphlet … Papernikov has published poems (including poems about the life of the Land of Israel), stories, and literary criticism …
Edwin Seroussi
… Prof. Seroussi’s research focuses on the sacred and secular musical cultures of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, … and the role of reception and consumption in the making of musical cultures. He has published extensively on these … Council of UNESCO. For his contributions to the musical life of Israel and to the research of Jewish and Israeli …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… and studied their repertoire. He had a good voice and musical hearing, as well as a good memory and perception, … various jobs to sustain himself and his family, because his musical activities did not provide him with sufficient … transcriptions of Yemenite singing, a portion of 'Adaki's lifetime work of collecting and recording Yemenite singing. …
Israel Adler
… de Musicologie at the Sorbonne where he combined Jewish and musical studies. During his thirteen-year sojourn in Paris … 19th century, published a few years later as La pratique musicale savante dans quelques communautés juives en Europe … that could never be realized to its fullness but during his lifetime Adler was able to complete two substantial sections …
Israel Alter
… in his compositions. Alter composed cantorial works and musical settings to Yiddish poems. His collections of … click here . A lecture by Cantor Joseph Malovany, about the life and work of Israel Alter (including performances of …
Avner Bahat
… where he was introduced to a recorder and discovered his musical talent. Over time he developed a great skill on the recorder which would become very important in his life and more than once he was called 'Avner with the … Music (1939–1973): Integration of Traditional Elements in Musical Work. For many years, Bahat has been involved in …
Moses Beregovski
… accentuation and cantillation). Beregovski began his formal musical education at the Kiev and Leningrad conservatories … In 1917 he was recruited to catalogue and analyze the musical material from An-Ski’s second ethnographical … of the personal and professional details of Beregovski’s life from 1930-1948. The Encyclopedia Judaica (1971:600) …
Eduard Birnbaum
… in Bydgoszcz. His teachers at Bydgoszcz identified his musical talent early on and sent him to Vilna to study … but decided to remain in Koenigsberg where he was offered a life contract and comfortable salary. Birnbaum was an avid … in order to document the liturgical and para-liturgical musical practices of the major European Jewish communities. …