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Alexander L. Ringer
… lead ethnomusicology research projects to study the maqam tradition in the Middle East (1970-1975) and the Hebrew Melodies in the Hungarian Oral Tradition (1977-1990). In addition, Ringer wrote and … 1789 and 1848.' Finally, as a conductor, Ringer held choral positions in New York, Philadelphia, Berkeley, and …
Efraim Yaakov
… to Prof. Yeshayahu Leibowitz. He wrote the M.A. and his doctoral dissertations on Kabbalah among Yemeni Jews under the … book is unique in that it is based entirely on fieldwork, oral history and does not rely on any written material. His … was one of a kind. He recognized the power of an oral tradition, and two books he wrote — Yemen, and the book …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public figure, being a significant … his words, “ideas, exempla, proverbs, written stories and oral narratives.” The original layout of five volumes … Robert Lachmann, I tzhak Edel , Peter Grandewitz, Moshe Gorali (Bronzaft) or Menashe Ravina, who did not delve into …
Moritz Deutsch
… that brought him to Vienna to study music and the cantorial tradition. In 1842 Deutsch was appointed assistant Cantor … the new institute marked a shift away from the meshorerim tradition of cantorial apprenticeships and new backing for … programs in teaching seminaries. He also composed choral arrangements for synagogue liturgy in the classical …
Leib Glanz
… style of his contemporaries. In an effort to diversify the tradition, Glanz incorporated gestures from many different … 100 works as well as several commercial recordings. His choral arrangements were typified by the use of pentatonic scales and music from the Hasidic tradition. In an effort to promote a new tradition of …
David Nowakowsky
… where he was recruited as a choirboy for the local choral Synagogue. While in Berditchev, Nowakowsky learned harmony and counterpoint and studied the cantorial tradition from noted cantors Yeruham Hokoton and hazzan … taught him a great deal about vocal arrangement and choral composition. As a side project, Nowakowsky organized …
Naomi Cohn-Zentner
… Ashkenazi religious-Zionists in Israel. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Hebrew University’s Daat Hamakom Center for … cross-fertilization of Ashkenazi and Sephardi liturgical traditions. Source: The Trustees of the University of …
Joseph Achron
… piano compositions for children, more than twenty songs, choral works, etc. Moreover, Achron wrote music for the first … musical language. During his childhood, Achron absorbed the traditions of 19th century virtuoso violin music, whereas … violin sonatas and suites, as well as on vocal works in the tradition of late romantic Lieder. Joining the “Society of …
Pinhas Minkowski
… officiated as a cantor. Minkowski studied the cantorial tradition with his father, and supplemented his basic … Nissan Spivak . Minkowski took over Spivak’s post at the Choral Synagogue in Kishnev at the young age of eighteen. He …
Max Helfman
… Max Helfman was a Polish-born American Jewish composer, choral conductor, pianist, singer, and educator. He had a long … complex, which was modern and original and yet rooted in traditional folk and synagogue melodies. Among his best … Source: " Max Helfman " in Wikipedia. … Composer, choral conductor & educator … Yiddish songs … Communism … …