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Yehuda Ratzaby
… the Tachkemoni School (A Talmud Torah for Yemenites children) and the Balfour Gymnasium. In 1936, at the age of …
Menashe Ravina
… From a young age, he actively participated in his father's musical pursuits, serving as a choir conductor in the … cultural life of the Yishuv. He founded the "Institute for Music Dissemination," where he published numerous books, … melodies. Furthermore, he composed melodies for beloved children's songs, including " Eliezer Veha-Gezer " (Eliezer …
Nissan Cohen-Melamed
… Already at a young age Melamed showed interest in music. He used to visit the various synagogues in his area … at last performed as a soloist. His father encouraged his musical interests, making him memorize the weekly Parasha. … Another important group of Melamed's compositions were his children songs. The most famous of these is ' Hanukiya Li …
Nikolai Kaufman
… Musicologist, folklorist and composer Nikolay (or Nikolaï) … Kaufmann) is considered as one of Bulgaria's foremost music scholars. Although the vast majority of his academic … holy books. He loved to sing old songs in Yiddish…but his children never learned them. Only my mother knew part of his …
Eleanor Gordon Mlotek
… York. In 1949, Chana and Yosl were married. They raised two children in the Bronx, Zalmen, and Mark (Moish). The couple … and quickly gained a name for herself as a scholar of music and folklore. In 1970, she and Yosl began writing a … Endowment for the Humanities and became its fulltime music archivist in 1984. Together, the Mloteks published …