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Alexander L. Ringer
… in Sociology and psychology in 1948 from the New School for Social Research and a Ph.D. of Musicology in 1955 from … University (1983), and Heidelberg University - Academy for Jewish Studies (1983). Ringer also gave guest lectures at … world. He was highly active in the American Musicological Society, the College Music Society, the Organization of …
Yizhak Edel
… His grandfather, a Hassidic scholar, took responsibility for his education, and when Edel’s parents moved to Rovna, … grandfather. In his grandfather’s house, Edel received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while … Theater. He also became acquainted with the works of the Society for Jewish folk Music which were based mainly in St. …
Joseph Achron
… began violin lessons with his father. Achron continued his formal musical education at St. Petersburg Conservatory … Alexander Krein, and Moses Michail Milner, he founded the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Achron's association with these …
Alexander A. Krein
… Moscow in 1883. He and his five other siblings were taught Jewish folk and instrumental music by his father who was a … well known Klezmer musician and poet. In 1908 he began his formal musical education at the Moscow Conservatory, where … involved in the activities of the Moscow branch of the Society for Jewish Folk Music. Krien, like the other members …
Mikhail Gnesin
… . Together they worked to reorganize the activities of the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Unlike other musicians from the Society, …
Lazare Saminsky
… (1906-1910). In 1908 he became a founding member of the Society for Jewish Folk Music , working as its first secretary. During …
Mordekhai Zeira
… a handful of piano lessons, which he received as a reward for listening quietly to his sister's lessons. During his … and through his sister's playing. He was also exposed to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the … that is the number of songs that became rooted in Israeli society. A large part of these have become a loved asset, …
Moses Michail Milner (Melnikoff)
… Petersburg, where he participated in the founding of the Society for Jewish Folk Music (1908). He composed many works based on …
Moshe Nathanson
… asserts that Moshe Nathanson was in fact responsible for the lyrics that have become so popular today. In 1922, … School of Music). In 1924, he became the cantor for the Society for the Advancement of Judaism (Mordecai Kaplan's … of Nathanson’s most important contributions to the field of Jewish music is his compilation of liturgical melodies, …
Salah El Kuweiti
… his brother, Daoud, who played the 'ud. Salah El Kuweiti performed “mainstream” and other Middle Eastern styles but … due to the lack of appreciation of Arabic music in Israeli society, and due to the huge gap between their fame in Iraq … in Israel. As part of a growing interest in Arab and Jewish-Arab music in Israel, an album of Daoud and Salah …