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Alberto Hemsi
… Born in Kasaba, Turkey. Studied music in Izmir, and later in Milan. Worked as musical … and in France (from 1958). Collected many traditional Sephardic melodies mainly from Turkey and Rhodes, some he … & arranger … Musician … Composer … Collector … Arranger … Sephardic … Music … Publishing … Egypt … Alberto Hemsi …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… (former Kurland or Courland) and began his study of Jewish music in Libau where he trained to be a cantor. He continued … in 1906. In Jerusalem, he began working as a cantor and music teacher at the Hebrew Teacher’s college. Idelsohn was … traditions of Babylonian, Perisan, Bukharian, Oriental Sephardi, Moroccan, German, Eastern European and Hassidic …
Israel J. Katz
… Edith Gerson-Kiwi and undertook field research among the Sephardic communities of Israel. He returned to UCLA and … ballads from Jerusalem with those preserved among the Sephardim of Turkey, Greece, and Morocco. Among other … of the Sephardic Jews. Katz served as editor of Ethnomusicology (1970–72); for the Yearbook of the International …
Essica Marks
… Ph.D., Department of Musicology, Bar-Ilan University, thesis: Music and Society … in Safed . Researcher at the JMRC: editor of “ The Western Sephardi Liturgical Tradition as Sung by Abraham Lopez … Prof. Edwin Seroussi of the book “ Anthology of The Western Sephardi Liturgical Tradition ” (in writing), director of …
David de Sola Pool
… Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool was the foremost Sephardic rabbi in the United States during the middle … . Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool translated and edited the Sephardic prayer book for the Union of Sephardic Congregations and the Ashkenazic prayer book for …
Aron Marko Rothmüller
… Indiana University. Rothmüller composed chamber and choral music, many based on traditional Sephardic and Ashkenazi songs as well as arrangements of … (i.e. modern Hebrew) songs. As an author he published The Music of the Jew s: An Historical Appreciation (1953 and …
Amnon Shiloah
… of Aliyat Hano’ar in northern Israel where he started his musical studies. In 1947 he enrolled at the Hebrew … of Misgav Yerushalayim (Center for the Study of the Sephardic and Oriental Heritage, 1975-1976), Head of the … ethnomusicology, especially the study of Judeo-Arabic and Sephardic traditions in Iraq and Morocco as well as to the …
Susana Weich-Shahak
… Born in Argentina, lives in Israel since 1958. PhD degree in Musicology at the Tel Aviv University (1986); BA and MA in … of the Tel Aviv University. Since 1973, research on the Sephardi Musical Tradition at the Jewish Music Research … catalogue of the Judeo-Spanish repertoire. Field work among Sephardi communities in Bulgaria (1993, 1995), Belgium …
Samuel Adler
… Massachusetts. There the young Samuel Adler displayed his musical talents at an early age. He became his father’s … studied conducting with Serge Koussevitzky at the Berkshire Music Center. Following his discharge from the United States … of the music of Hugo Chaim Adler by Edwin Seroussi. Five Sephardic Choruses (SMR Bresler Collection) … American …
Nissan Cohen-Melamed
… Already at a young age Melamed showed interest in music. He used to visit the various synagogues in his area … was appointed by Rabbi Ousiel to officiate as cantor in the sephardic synagogue 'Ohel Moed,' and as choir director in Pirhei Kehuna College for Sephardic Hazzanut, of which he later became manager. His …