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Eliezer S. Abinun
… a hazzan himself, was regarded as an expert in the field of Sephardi chazanut. He continued his training with the … on both the liturgical music and the secular Romancero tradition of the Sephardim. While a young man, he had a … … Sarajevo … London Jewish community … Spanish-Portuguese … Western Sephardic … Eliezer S. Abinun …
Haim Effendi
… a wool business) was born in Edirne (formerly Adrianople in Western Thrace, today Turkey) in 1853. He spent most of his … and to Israel. Haim was a quintessential Sephardi singer of his period, a critical era of deep social … in the history of the Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical …
Rahamim Amar
… of the Old City of Jerusalem. His father’s family was of Sephardic origin from Saloniki. His mother's family, named … from Spain who settled in Jerusalem and according to family tradition, lived in the city for twenty generations. He … of his life and also acquired proficiency in the use of Western musical notation. Amar’s career as a performing …
Betty Olivero
… given annually only to six composers. In Olivero's works, traditional and ethnic music materials are processed using western contemporary compositional techniques; traditional … yet combines elements as diverse as Judeo-Spanish (sephardic) music, Arab tunes and medieval music integrated …
Abraham Baer
… as a cantor and teacher in several communities throughout western Prussia before settling as a cantor at the Goteborg … deutschen (aschk'nasischen) und portugiesischen (sephardischen): Weisen nebst allen den Gottesdienst … of this written source over the orally-transmitted traditional improvisation of the liturgical lore. Although …
Alberto Hemsi
… Egypt (1927-1957) and in France (from 1958). Collected many traditional Sephardic melodies mainly from Turkey and Rhodes, some he … house. Composed many works in which he tried to combine Western and Eastern elements. Additional biographies, …
Essica Marks
… in Safed . Researcher at the JMRC: editor of “ The Western Sephardi Liturgical Tradition as Sung by Abraham Lopez Cardozo ”, producer and …
Amnon Shiloah
… to 1968, marking his definitive move to the study of oral traditions. At this same time he also joined the … of Misgav Yerushalayim (Center for the Study of the Sephardic and Oriental Heritage, 1975-1976), Head of the … an intellectual universe that is well beyond the modern Western concept of “music theory.” These treatises, duly …