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Hanoch Avenary
… and Koenigsberg (Kaliningrad), and received his PhD from Koenigsberg University. In 1936 he immigrated to … and articles that deal with the history of Jewish music from the Middle Ages until the 19 th century, and was the …
Bathja [Batya] Bayer
… of Zurich, and later a earned a librarian's degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Directed the music …
Avner Bahat
… College of Music Educators, and the Seminar Ha'Kibbutzim. From 1982 to 1980 he served as secretary of the Israeli … the Center for Jewish Music at Beit Hatfutsot, and from 1984 he began producing records, and later CDs, of … Jewish music. Among the many CDs he recorded are Piyyutim from the Moroccan Jewish tradition by the payytan Rabbi David …
Moses Beregovski
… School and a ba’al kore (official who reads the Torah from the scroll in synagogue with proper accentuation and … recruited to catalogue and analyze the musical material from An-Ski’s second ethnographical expedition. In 1919 … the personal and professional details of Beregovski’s life from 1930-1948. The Encyclopedia Judaica (1971:600) asserts …
Abraham Wolf Binder
… folklore. He was a member of his father’s synagogue choir from a young age, an experience which further developed his … for use at the Stephen Wise Synagogue, eventually moving from a focus on Shabbat liturgy to that of the High Holidays …
Eduard Birnbaum
… copying the manuscripts in Sulzer’s private library. Aside from amassing important scores and manuscripts, Birnbaum … musicians, composers and hazzanim. He also interviewed prominent hazzanim in order to document the liturgical and … communities. To supplement the material that he received from other cantors and researchers, Birnbaum transcribed the …
Abraham Baer
… includes original compositions, as well as music borrowed from Salomon Sulzer , Louis Lewandowski and Samuel … by Baer, cantor in Göthenburg, Sweden (where he served from 1857 until his death), a minor corner of the … list of congratulatory notes by cantors and musicians from the four corners of the Jewish world, which appeared in …
Mordechai Breuer
… formed, shaped, and led the community. Mordechai received from his father a strong affection for Israel in general and … Horev school, an institution founded by Haredi immigrants from Germany. In 1942, Breuer studied in a course for music … daughter of Dr. Yaakov Levy, who immigrated to Jerusalem from Berlin. From that year until the War of Independence he …
Abraham Eilam-Amzallag
… as its musical director and chief conductor for nine years from its establishment. For the first time the Jewish version …
Gershon Ephros
… Ephros moved to live with his grandfather, Cantor Moses Fromberg. He received his first musical training while being … Mordecai of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where he officiated from 1927 until his retirement in 1957. Apart fom his … contains compositions of different Jewish cultural groups, from ancient to contemporary works. Sources: Encyclopedia …