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Sylvan Sholom Kalib
… immigrants, Sholom Kalib was a mainstay of Jewish music in mid-twentieth century Chicago, serving as a … he began his lifelong engagement with Western music theory, completing a doctorate at Northwestern … volume, The Musical Tradition of The Eastern European Synagogue , conceived as a five-volume, twenty-book treatise …
Leo Levi
… first scholar to devote research to the Italian Jewish oral musical traditions. However, his role in the field of Jewish … interests. His plan to devote a dissertation to the Italian synagogue song was frustrated by the rise of Fascism and … contacted almost fifty informants, professional hazzanim (synagogue cantors) and other culture-bearers. In over eighty …
Salomon Sulzer
… and was later appointed cantor at the Seitenstettengasse Synagogue in Vienna, where he stayed for fifty-five years. … appreciated beyond the Jewish community. As a composer and musician, Sulzer is considered by some as the father of … modern cantorate. This is a result of his attempt to reform synagogue music by purifying existing melodies, and …
Francesco Spagnolo
… and Theories of Quotation between W. Allen and S. Sontag . Music BA from the Conservatorio di Musica 'Giuseppe Verdi,' Milan (1987), with the Honor's Thesis Jews, Memory and the Present. Synagogue Song in the Works of E. Bloch, D. Milhaud and A. …
Louis Lewandowski
… arrangements that he decided to refocus his efforts in synagogue composition. In 1844 Lewandowski was hired by the Old Synagogue in Berlin to found and lead their choir. He … introduced a new romantic style heavily influenced by the music of Felix Mendelssohn. In 1871, Lewandowski published …
Essica Marks
… Ph.D., Department of Musicology, Bar-Ilan University, thesis: Music and Society in “Aboav” Synagogue in Safed . Researcher at the JMRC: editor of “ The … producer and editor of “ The Bakkashot Singing of Har-Zion Synagogue ” (a set of audio-disks due to be published during …
Yehoshu'a Leib Ne'eman
… , later becoming a popular cantor in many of Jerusalem's synagogues, while also teaching at the Jerusalem Academy of Music. Ne'eman wrote extensively on subjects such as … … Cantor … Teacher … Jerusalem … Academy … Music … Yehoshu'a Leib Ne'eman …
David de Sola Pool
… Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. Dr. Pool was associated with Shearith Israel for …
Menashe Ravina
… his father took on the role of chief cantor, leading a synagogue choir. Ravina received his early education at … From a young age, he actively participated in his father's musical pursuits, serving as a choir conductor in the synagogue ensemble. In 1917, Ravina began his studies at …
Salamone Rossi
… Though much ink has been spilled reviewing the vast musical contribution of Jewish-Italian composer Salamone de … and sway to grant legitimacy to his proposed reforms of synagogue music. He wanted to introduce polyphony into the synagogue service, representing a significant break from …