(158 results found)
Nahum Nardi
… He was named after his uncle Dudu 'Noyhem,' who was the court rabbi of the community. He began his piano studies … classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In addition to … they began a joint concert tour of Jewish communities in Poland, Germany, Latvia, Belgium, Holland and France. In …
Mattityahu Shelem
… Born in Zamoscz, Poland. Immigrated to Palestine in 1922, settled in Kibbutz … Ramat-Yohanan. Shelem worked as a shepherd, and his early songs include shepherd songs and songs for kibbutz … His most renowned work is Havaʼat haʻomer , composed for the Omer festival of Ramat Yohanan. This work and Yehuda …
Mordekhai Hershman
… was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov) in the Chernigov Governorate of the Russian Empire, today … coming of the “well-known cantor Mordecai Hershman to the Land of Israel.” The size of the title equals the one … not only recordings of cantorial music but also folk songs in Yiddish. As the following announcement ( Der Moment …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… Asher Shimon Mizrahi was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1890 to father Yitzhak Mizrahi, … children. In Tunisia he taught piyyutim and Jerusalemite songs to the locals. He also composed and exported to … audience, expressed Asher Mizrahi’s longing for his homeland. Hemdi Abasi also recounts that Asher Mizrahi’s voice …
David Abikzer
… Abikzer was born in 1939 in Casablanca, Morocco, and it was there that he began his musical education. His vocal talent … from his mother to continue to sing. At age 17 he moved to Israel with his family, where he served in the Israeli army … During his career, he recorded over 60 albums of Sephardic songs and liturgical repertoire in Hebrew, Ladino, and …
Joseph Shlisky
… Joseph Shlisky was born in Ostrowiec Voivodeship, Poland, around 1894. As a child, he sang in the choir of the local synagogue. A cantor from a … established Jewish families. He delighted audiences with songs that would remain at the core of his non-liturgical …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in … of the colony. At an early age, he was influenced by the songs of composer Matitiyahu Shelem of Kibbutz … ' H alutzim' who were settling Palestine and working its land. Two examples of these songs are Erev Sach ,one his …
Mordekhai Zeira
… classical music in both Operas that he went to with his mother, and through his sister's playing. He was also exposed … who could sing a Hassidic Niggun and sing Russian Zionist songs,' [1] as explained by Zeira when asked about the … Burla, Zeev, Emanuel Harusi, Abraham Shlonsky, Yaakov Orland, Sh. Shalom, Aharon Ashman, Natan Alterman, and others. …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… arrested several times, serving a lengthy prison term. At the age of 15 he began publishing original songs and poetry, including Tates, mames, kinderlekh … Sutzkever and Chaim Grade. The Nazi invasion of Poland led to Kaczerginski's eventual imprisonment in …
Nurit Hirsh
… Hundreds of Nurit Hirsh's songs are inalienable assets of the Hebrew Folk Song ('Zemer Ivri'). She composed more than … Japan, Chile, Portugal, Malta, Brazil, Yugoslavia and Ireland. Her song 'Ey Sham' made it to the fourth place in the …