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Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
Eliezer S. Abinun
The Rev Eliezer Abinun Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 1912. He began his studies at the…
David Zehavi
David Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side immigrated…
Haim Effendi
In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime,…
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
Isaac Eliyahu Navon was born in Adrianpole (today Edirne) on May 17, 1859. His…
Amnon Shiloah
Born in Lanus, Argentina in 1928 to a family of Jewish immigrants from Syria, Shiloah…
Nikolai Kaufman
Musicologist, folklorist and composer Nikolay (or Nikolaï) Yankov Kaufman (or Kauffman,…
Walter Zev Feldman
Ph.D., Columbia University. Researcher on Ottoman Turkish and Jewish music, as well as…
Edwin Seroussi
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Prof. Seroussi started there his music studies (violin,…
From Court and Tarikat to Synagogue: Ottoman Art Music and Hebrew Sacred Songs
An examination of the relation between the Jews and the Art Music in the Ottoman Empire…