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Ghizela Suliteanu
… Romanian ethnomusicologist who collected a great deal of Ashkenazi and Sephardic folk and religious music in Romania. She researched in other fields of … of folk music. Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica , The World of Music Journal . … Romanian ethnomusicologist … …
Efraim Yaakov
… introduction. Efraim experiences himself as documenting a world that has disappeared, with a great deal of justice. A … and especially recruited people on the subject of the music of the Jews of southern Yemen ... '. Sources (in …
Akiva Zimmermann
… time. From a young age, Zimmerman was interested in the world of hazzanut but he was never a cantor himself. Over … with the great cantors in Tel Aviv and around the world. He is considered a world-leading expert in the field … articles on a variety of topics - from hazzanut and Jewish music to current affairs in politics and society. He also …
Alois Kaiser
… Realschule and the Teachers' Seminary and Conservatory of Music in Vienna. From the age of ten he sang in the choir of … him and William Sparger with the compilation of the musical portion of a Union Hymnal, published in 1897. With … Adler); "Souvenir of the Jewish Women's Congress at the World's Columbian Exposition" (1893). Source: …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music … for a short but productive time to his motherland after World War I. He was a member of the regional leadership of … congresses (Carlsbad, 1923 and Zurich, 1929). At the World Conference of the Mizrachi that convened in Antwerp in …
Leon Algazi
… Algazi was born in Iepuresti, Romania in 1890. He studied music in Vienna and Paris and graduated from the Ecole … , a position he held for many years. His interest in Jewish music and folklore was sparked by early studies with … and texts, Chants Séphardis , under the auspices of the World Sephardi Federation in London . In addition to his …
Theodor Bikel
… Bikel recorded many albums, and performed all over the world. For a special memorial article about Bikel, written …
Naomi Cohn-Zentner
… Cohn Zentner is an assistant professor in the Department of Music at Bar Ilan University. She was formerly the head of the M.A. program in Jewish music at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. Her … for the Study of Cultures of Place in the Modern Jewish World and a visiting fellow at the Oxford Seminar in …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … draft into the Russian Army in 1916. In the years after World War I, Achron toured extensively as a concert … of Soviet entertainment music. During the two last years of World War I, Achron served in the music division of the …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… in hazzanut. Koussevitsky was identified early on as a musical protégé and at the age of eight joined a synagogue … as well as in secular concert halls. At the outbreak of World War II, Koussevitsky escaped to Russia , where he …