(3119 results found)
Pavel Haas
… in his father's business until 1935, when he began teaching music theory, and later music. Haas began composing while working with his father, … of compositions includes choral and vocal works, incidental music, orchestral and chamber music, and an opera. Haas' …
Karel Reiner
… 27, 1910 in Žatec (Western Bohemia). Reiner studied law and musicology at the Charles University in Prague, and … a talented pianist, dedicated to propagating contemporary music throughout Europe. Reiner concertized regularly and … territories issued a ban on public performances by Jewish musicians. From 1939 until 1943, Reiner worked for the …
Karel Ančerl
… conducting and composition at the Prague Conservatory of Music. After graduating in 1929, Ančerl worked for Hermann … seconded by veteran violinist Egon Ledeč. Terezín’s music critic Victor Ullmann wrote the following review of … that in heroic labor he welded together and brought up this music body [the Terezín String Orchestra]. As a conductor, …
Marysia (Miriam) Eisenstadt
… Young singer who performed classical and Jewish music concerts in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. … …
Aleksander Kulisiewicz
… and preserved the largest collection in existence of music composed in the Nazi camps. Because this extraordinary … touches on a variety of issues relevant not only to music scholarship but also contemporary European history, it is valuable to musicologists and Holocaust historians alike. Full biography …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… for Jewish Research website ' Shmerke Kaczerginski ' in Music during the Holocaust website. Other sources: Werb, …
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
… is known about Yankele Hershkowitz’s personal life, his musical contribution to the cultural life of the Lodz ghetto … from Vienna . Hershkowitz was one of the only street musicians that earned enough money to survive. The Lodz …
Neil Levin
… and academic life to the scholarly study of the music of Jewish experience from historical, musicological, ethnological, Judaic, and cross-cultural … courses on a diverse array of Jewish and Judaically related musical subjects spanning a broad spectrum of traditions, …
Nurit Hirsh
… 'Bashana Haba'a,' and 'Lalehet Shevi Ahare'a.' She composed music for poems by Hayim Nahman Bialik, Natan Alterman, Lea … at both national and international festivals. She wrote music for cinema, television, theatre and video. Nurit Hirsh … Hirsh graduated with a degree in Piano from the Rubin Music Academy. Among her teachers: Alexander Boch, Mordechai …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… by Ascap Today as, 'a major force in today's liturgical music.' Issachar Miron has made a name for himself … established he was named the National Deputy Director of Music for Israel's Ministry of Education and Culture. He served as the National Officer-in-Chief of Art and Music programs for the Israeli Defense Army, where he …