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Israel Lovy
… in Glogau, where his father officiated as a hazzan. From a young age, Lovy traveled as a hazzan serving …
Gustav Mahler
… and Wagner. He was inspired by the innovation and the romantic spirit of Wagner’s Operas, and he tried to emulate …
Arno Nadel
… war. Eric Mandel purchased what remained of the library from Nadel’s widow and it is now preserved as part of the …
Nahum Nardi
… he lost. Tzefira's work in collecting melodies and songs from the local Arab residents of Palestine and from Jewish communities from Yemen, Persia, Bukhara and the Sephardic community, had …
Sholom Secunda
… made their living as ironworkers, supporting themselves from profits made selling iron beds to local furniture … choirmaster Monsieur Kurich. The second large wave of Pogroms against Russian Jews lasted from 1903 to 1906; during these years the Secunda family …
Mordekhai Seter
… The youngest of the founders’ generation, Seter emigrated from Russia as a 10-year old child, and at 16 he went to … of Music (today, affiliated with Tel-Aviv University) from 1951 until his retirement in 1985. A modest figure, he … admiration among his fellow composers. Seter’s works from his early and middle periods, 1940-1968, share …
Gershon Sirota
… greatly impressed by the young man’s talent and helped to promote Sirota when possible. Just as Gershon began to gain … day, the “WAHRHEIT” reported: 'Carnegie Hall was packed from top to bottom. The crowds which remained outside were …
Johanna L. Spector
… of different Jewish musical cultures, including music from Iraqi, Persian, Yemenite, and Indian cultures. She … Spector also assembled a collection of musical instruments from across the Middle East. Sources: Shiloah, Amnon. …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… work for hazzan and choir, 'Moh Oshiv,' a selection from the Hallel. In 1909, at the age of 21, Weisser began his … States, at which point he officially changed his surname from Pilderwasser to Weisser. In order to establish himself … in Brooklyn. Weisser's last active period as a hazzan was from 1944-1950, when he officiated High Holiday and Passover …
Efraim Di-Zahav (Goldstein)
… Abraham Moshe Goldstein, a cantor who immigrated to Israel from Odessa, and who was a pupil of the renowned cantor … Miron ) for the first time on Radio Palestine. Sources: From Akiva Zimmerman's biography of Di-Zahav, in Renanot's …