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Abraham Baer
… European cantorial circles, the reliance on a written musical text by their American progenies was certainly more sweeping. For additional information about the life of Baer, see Hammarlund, Anders. A Prayer for …
Andre Hajdu
… children's choir and orchestra (1984), the cantata Eternal Life (1984), the opera The Story of Jonah (1987), Job and … to its outstanding citizens. In the last years of his life, Hajdu relentlessly performed, and taught part-time in … of Hajdu’s projects, one of the very last of his rich life as composer, pianist and arranger. Or Haganuz , a …
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. … foundation for the modern study of Jewish musicology. My Life: A Sketch by A.Z. Idelsohn First published in Jewish …
Sylvan Sholom Kalib
… and cantorial pedagogue. There he also began his life’s work notating the great heritage of Eastern European … Lind and Todros Greenberg. Simultaneously, he began his lifelong engagement with Western music theory, completing a … academia, Kalib began work on his monumental volume, The Musical Tradition of The Eastern European Synagogue , …
Menashe Ravina
… From a young age, he actively participated in his father's musical pursuits, serving as a choir conductor in the … Aviv, where he became an influential figure in the cultural life of the Yishuv. He founded the "Institute for Music Dissemination," where he published numerous books, musical scores, and monographs. His scholarly contributions …
Salamone Rossi
… Though much ink has been spilled reviewing the vast musical contribution of Jewish-Italian composer Salamone de Rossi, not much is known about his life. The little information that we do know has been … that Rossi enjoyed permanent office with the Gonzaga musical establishment. Rossi was employed and paid by the …
Alfred Sendrey
… born in 1884 in Budapest, Hungary. He received his formal musical education at the Academy of Music in Budapest. After … considerably. In 1952, Sendrey accepted a position as musical director of the Fairfax Synogogue (1952-56), and … work on another study, Music in the Social and Religious Life of Antiquity (1974), which was published on his …
Amnon Shiloah
… of Aliyat Hano’ar in northern Israel where he started his musical studies. In 1947 he enrolled at the Hebrew … was published in 1972 ( La perfection des connaissances musicales . Gueutner: Paris, 1972). Upon return to Israel, … his work Music in the World of Islam (2003) and an honorary life membership at the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology …
Nikolai Kaufman
… of Kaufman’s contributions to the study of Jewish musical traditions is a desideratum because many of his materials (recordings and musical notations) are still unpublished. Kaufman was born … in the town.” And he adds: “We lived a calm and peaceful life… [non-Jewish] Bulgarians loved us a lot and we answered …
Eric Mandell
… Mandell passed away in Philadelphia on February 6, 1988. Musically gifted since his youth, he trained under prominent … of California) who had written her MA thesis on Mandell’s life and work at Gratz College in 1982. Another one was a …