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Mikhail Gnesin
… born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical education with Cantor Gerovitz and pianist Oscar … where he was hired as a composition teacher at the State Music School . After a tenure of ten years, Gnesin traveled … with colleague Joseph Achron . Together they worked to reorganize the activities of the Society for Jewish Folk Music …
Jacques Offenbach
… was born in Cologne to father Isaac Offenbach , a local music teacher and hazzan. He was identified as a musical prodigy early on, and at the age of four he began to … success of Offenbach’s Bouffes productions, John Mitchell organized an eight-week season for the programme at the St …
David Zehavi
… the family returned to Tel Aviv. Zehavi did not study music in an orderly manner due to lack of means. His older sister, Leah Goldis, pushed him to get a musical education and playing the violin. But Zehavi … addition to his work in the kibbutz as an electrician, he organized a choir and music events in which he also began …
Naomi Shemer
… cultural consciousness through her beautiful melodies. Her musical skill was evident in her childhood, and her career … in the cultural department of the Nahal military youth organization. After her army service, she became well known through the musical “ Five-Five, ” essentially an arrangement of her …
Edward Stark
… years with his brothers in the clothing business, pursuing musical activities in his free time. In April of 1884, Stark … of 1885 traveled to Vienna and to Leipzig to study music formally. In 1891, Stark accepted his first official … the first cantors to introduce instruments, aside from the organ, into the synagogue service. Only two of his works for …
Joseph Shlisky
… a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves … and left it after a short time. He never thought about a musical career until, one day, he was singing at his sewing … at fundraisers and benefit concerts for charitable organizations. In remembering his difficult journey to …
Isadore Freed
… States and settled in Philadelphia , PA. Freed studied music formally at the University of Pennsylvania, where he … music faculty at Temple University and accepted a post as organist and choirmaster at Temple Keneseth Israel in … li-Shelomo arranged as a service for cantor, chorus, and organ (1954). Freed also served as the president of the …
Frederick Piket
… Frederick Piket was born in Hungary, and received his formal musical education in Europe. He was a successful secular music composer and conductor for several decades before … synagogue composition began after taking a position as an organist and as music director of the White Plains Jewish …
Heinrich Schalit
… Vienna, Austria. Studied in Vienna, and later worked as an organist in synagogues in Munich and in Rome. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1940 and held positions as a synagogue organist in various cities. As a composer, Schalit wrote orchestral, chamber, and piano music, as well as songs. He used Hebrew poetry for some of …
Gideon Klein
… At the age of twelve, Klein moved to Prague to study music and liberal arts at the Jirasek Gymnasium. While in … Kurz. That same year, he began a double-degree program in musicology and philosophy at the Karl University. In the … and war. In the first year of his internment, Klein organized clandestine rehearsals and small scale …