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Joe Elias
… Home for the Aged in Coney Island and travelled across the world to other Ladino-speaking communities following this … Folklife as one of the first performers of Ladino music in this country in the current epoch. After his … Spanish colonies). Joe passed away on April 10th, 2010. His musical work lives on through his son, Dan. See here …
Sara Levi-Tanai
… she worked as a teacher and kindergarten instructor, using music and dance to educate children and pass on Yemeni … innovative teaching materials, including original songs and music, gained significant recognition and have been used by … diaspora. Levi-Tanai was generally known in Israel and worldwide for the unique body language she created with the …
Sarah Gorby
… culturally rich environment, significantly influencing her musical career. Gorby showed an early interest in music and … during significant upheaval and displacement. During World War II, Gorby continued to perform, providing solace … Slobin, Mark. Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World . Oxford University Press, 2002. Rubin, Ruth. Jewish …
Léibele Schwartz
… on March 22, 1928 as Yehudah Leib Kirzner. He began his music studies as a child with his father, Yaakov, who was a … (father) and Eduardo Bonessi , two distinguished musicians from the tango scene. He carried out his first … of Jewish artists who, based in Latin America, toured they world moving back and forth from continent to continent, …
Enrico Fink
… Enrico Fink has carried out his music and musical research interests together with his ongoing … as lecturer, as guest cantor, bringing to audiences worldwide the repertoires of Italian Jewish synagogue song …
‘Le-El ‘Olam’ by Mordecai Dato: In search of a melody for an ancient Italian Hebrew poem
… mystics of Safed and spready rapidly throughout the Jewish world, especially to Italy. One key figure in these Safedian … addition to ‘Lekhah Dodi.’ Even more important for the main musical argument of this Song of the Month (see below), the … with corrections apparently by Dato himself, includes a musical reference in its title, “Benigun anshei emunah’ i.e. …
Abraham Beniso
… Beniso was born in Gibraltar, on January 21, 1923. During World War ІІ he was evacuated to London where he lived for … synagogues. He studied singing at the London College of Music and later accepted to the Guildhall School of music … in concerts and public events (Jewish and non-Jewish) on a worldwide scale. His travels took him to Johannesburg, New …
Jews in Gibraltar and the music of their synagogues
… Jews in Gibraltar and the music of their synagogues: An introduction Introducing the … allows us to explore one of the most challenging Jewish music traditions. Although a Jewish presence in Gibraltar is … during this period, most patently the evacuations during World War II. Still, the voices that were recorded mostly in …
Revisiting a Forgotten Treasure in Philadelphia
… is very well known among scholars and collectors of Jewish music for its rich musical resources. The most substantial and valuable … Cantor) of this synagogue during the two decades preceding World War II. He rescued the volumes a few days after …
James Levy
… The musical lore of James Levy's family has deep roots in … Presence in Latin America ). He also composed liturgical music. Following his father's death, Samuel moved to … for aviation to work as a bookkeeper. He got married during World War II and the family moved to Canada in 1957. During …