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Joel Walbe
… his business and his way of life. He rejected young Joel's musical interests, and considered the study of music and literature to be a foreign influence. Though … cultivate his musical interest in secret by practicing the violin secretly in the attic, and by listening to organ …
Reuben Rinder
… United States and pursued his study of Jewish liturgical music. In 1910, Rinder held a cantorial position at Temple … , Ben-Haim and Marc Lavry , and launching the career of violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern. These … Rinder was influential in shaping 20th-century Jewish musical culture. Through insights from the Rinder papers …
Harry Kandel
… and bandleader, one of the pioneers of modern klezmer music. He ran an orchestra which consisted of a variety of … himself on clarinet, trombone, tuba, xylophone, cornet, violin, flute, viola and piano. Their hits peaked from about … in Swing'. Kandel studied at the Odessa Conservatory of Music and served in army band of the Russian czar, moving to …

Federico Consolo
… Italian violinist, composer and scholar. Federico Consolo ('Yehiel … Sefaradi') was born in 1841 in Ancona, Italy. He studied violin and had a career as a violinist, until a nerve injury … - Judezmo ,Judeo-Spanish … Cantorate … Hazzan … Violin music … Liturgical music … Italian music … Ladino … Sephardi …
Mark Isakovich Rabinovich
… of the Russian Empire; now Brusilov, Ukraine). He studied music under the guidance of his grandfather, the klezmer violinist and composer Israel-Moishe Rabinovich. In … died in Kiev in 1940. Source: Yiddishmusic site . … Violinist and Conductor … 0 … Conductor … Violinist … Jewish …
Haim Effendi
… In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime, very few details about the … in one of the most important centers of Sephardi religious music, Edirne, where a local Jewish choir called Maftirim … up. He ordered them to bring Haim Effendi, the most famous violinist in all of Turkey. They came to Haim Effendi’s …
Abraham Ber Birnbaum
… to a Hassidic family in Pultusk, Poland. He was exposed to music as a young child while accompanying his father on … Rabbis of Kutsk and Ger, where Abraham would hear Hassidic music. Although he was considered an Illui in Talmud, … choir of the local cantor Leizerke, as well as by studying violin with a local Klezmer and playing at Hassidic …
Abel Ehrlich
… of composers in various institutions and at the Tel-Aviv music academy since 1964 (1967-1991, at Tel Aviv University). Although he was interested in Mizrahi music, most of his works are atonal or serial. “His musical … Ehrlich would argue) is still the 1953 Bashrav for solo violin, where he evokes the Turkish rondo-like form, …

Ami Maayani
… both Mizrahi and Ashkenazi, as well as elements of Arab music throughout his works. He is known internationally for … 1965), Regalim , soprano, orchestra (1966), Concertos for violin and cello (1967), Tehilim (Symphony no. 1, 1974), … no.4, 1982). Maayani studied architecture before his music studies, and after completing his musical education, …
Rahamim Amar
… and was the 20th generation in Jerusalem. He started his music career when he served as a trumpet player in the … plucked string instruments. Later, he started playing the violin, with which he played and composed his whole life. … to play the opening of the 7:00 news. Amar would work as a violinst in various Arab ensembles and performed in various …