… Born in Vilnius in 1956, studied at the Ciurlionis School of Arts and Vilnius … 1984. Broad concert activities since 1980, including Israel Philharmonc Orchestra, and other orchestras, also in Europe … music collaborations in Israel, Germany and Lithuania. PhD dissertation of Hebrew University (1998) devoted to Ernest …

… In 1979 Esther Warkov , a young American PhD student in ethnomusicology, came to Israel to study the … Iraqi Jewish enclaves in Israel.  By the time Warkov’s dissertation was filed in 1987, with few educational outlets …

… Ezra Aharon ('Azuri') (Bhagdad, 1903 – 1995, immigrated to Israel in 1935) was an … Written and sources by Ronit Seter and Esther Warkov . Photo of Ezra Aharon: courtesy of Esther Warkov.   More … Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited , Ph.D. dissertation by Esther Warkov. Download full dissertation …

… Alexander L. Ringer was an American research musicologist and … in 1948 from the New School for Social Research and a Ph.D. of Musicology in 1955 from the City College, Columbia … professional curricula. Ringer supervised the theses and dissertations of many graduate students, while also teaching …

… Study and commentaries: Rivka Havassy and Edwin Seroussi … released a 4-CD package entitled An Early 20th-century Sephardi Troubadour: The Historic Recordings of Haim Effendi … of Emily Sene and Bouena Sarfatty-Garfinkle . Ph.D. dissertation, Bar-Ilan University (in Hebrew). … Havassy, …

… Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis,  Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics: … also includes a brief general history of folk song ethnography in Eastern Europe, and of the cultural life of Jews in … Song 1920–1950: Sociomusical and Musical Aspects . Ph.D. dissertation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Hebrew). …