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Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the exceptional musical and emotional power of his singing, he attained a … importance of Cantor Salomon in the writings of cantors and musicologists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. … a Grape, and a Pack of Lions: A Shabbos in Płock with a Popular Synagogue Singer in the Early Nineteenth Century.” …
Tsippi Fleischer
… Fleischer’s (b. Haifa, 1946) formal education encompasses music, musicology, and Semitic languages – all reflected in … art music. This is parallel to a similar tenor in Israeli popular music and so-called world music. Amalgamated with influences of Israeli folk and popular song, which she has been researching for over a …
Israel Goldfarb
… to New York in 1893. Although he had a pleasant voice and musical talent, his brother, Samuel Eliezer Goldfarb was acknowledged as the musician in the family. While Samuel began a career in … to Eliyahu Schleifer (2006), this is one of the most popular songs among the Shabbat zemirot, and is sung in …
Rahamim Amar
… and was the 20th generation in Jerusalem. He started his music career when he served as a trumpet player in the … his release from the army, he began to specialize in other musical instruments. He especially loved plucked string … from Spanish-Turkish and Arabic music. However, despite the popularity of Arab music in his time, Amar preserved his …
Verdina Shlonsky
… symphonic works, a piano concerto, a cantata, chamber music, music for the theater, and many songs (Lieder and popular). Her orchestral works were performed decades after …
Boruch Leib Rosowsky
… as cantor in the Great Synagogue of Riga and was a very popular cantor of his time. Rosowsky composed several works … Schirei Thefiloh . Sources: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , geoffreyshisler.com . … Cantor and composer … …
Max Weinreich
… His son is the linguist Uriel Weinreich. He is known for popularising the phrase 'A language is a dialect with an …
Joseph Papernikoff
… Thanks to his voice, a beautiful alto voice, and his musical hearing, he was accepted at the age of 8 to the … with its rich imagery and folklike quality has gained popularity, and Papernikov has published poems (including … in the Air'), to which he also composed a melody, became a popular folk song. Many of his poems have been translated …
Mathew Miller (Matisyahu)
… combines reggae, rock, and rap, and is inspired by Hassidic music (primarily by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach ). His lyrics … for his unusual combination of Orthodox Jewish belief and popular music. For further reading about Matisyahu and the Hasidic …
Edwin Seroussi
… in Montevideo, Uruguay, Prof. Seroussi started there his music studies (violin, theory and composition). He … (specifically in art music genres), Judeo-Spanish song and popular music in Israel. Within these subjects he explores … the agency of individuals in the shaping of folk and popular culture, social networks and the role of reception …