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Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… in the community took notice of Asher Mizrahi’s pleasant voice and musical talents, and he began to earn money … admirer of Asher Mizrahi, helped him to escape from Eretz Israel on a cargo boat exporting oranges to Malta . The … looks. He was dark, with green eyes, and a pleasing voice that captured one's heart. Unlike other musicians …
Joseph Shlisky
… somewhere between seven and 14, and decided he needed the voice for his choir. According to the narrator, the cantor … the cantor’s employ either of his own accord or because his voice changed as a teenager, and he was no longer useful. He … Roumanian-American Congregation on the Lower East Side, Kol Israel Anshe Poland in Harlem, the Talmud Torah Toras Moshe …
Elio Piattelli
… the modern Sephardi pronunciation of Hebrew practiced in Israel. He also translated the texts into Italian and … his collection of chants in 1967, notating the living oral voices of various Italian locations and rites: Rome … are hundreds of compositions by Piatelli mainly for four voices with transliterated Hebrew texts (sometimes bringing …
Ehud Manor
… Ehud Manor won the Israel Prize in 1998. As part of the reasons for the award, … Hebrew songs for generations. Ehud Manor, a member of 'Kol Yisrael' and 'The First Channel', is a virtuoso translator of … on his life and his writing. His mother had a beautiful voice and was singing constantly, and his father would speak …
Moshe Nathanson
… Nathanson was the one of the main contributors to the “Voice of Jerusalem,” a weekly WMCA radio program to promote … were performed by a choir directed by Meyer Machtenberg. “Voice of Jerusalem” aired for ten years in all. Nathanson … by the Bureau of Jewish Education to teach 'Shirei Eretz Israel' (Israeli folk songs) to Jewish Day Schools and …
Paul Ben-Haim
… emigrated to Palestine in 1933) was the most recognized Israeli composer abroad, at least until the 1970s. A … of fascism. The most prolific of the founding fathers of Israeli music (excluding, perhaps , Marc Lavry ), he wrote … official celebrations), Roni Akara (choir, 1957), Hamavdil (voice and piano, 1957), and Bein Hadasim (soloists and …
Nissan Spivak
… in Berdichev (1877-1906). He was known to have a 'small' voice, due to an accident in childhood that harmed his voice. It was his vocal handicap that led him to develop … Music. See also ' Nissan Spivak' at the National Library of Israel website. … Cantor and composer … Hazan, Chazzan, …
Haim (Heinz) Alexander
… style – modal chromaticism – as in his lively six Israeli Dances (1950), and after the “musical shock” (his … for piano (1982), and Songs of Love and Expectation (voice and piano or chamber orchestra, 1984). … Israeli composer, pianist and teacher … 11807 … Haim (Heinz) …
Emanuel Amiran (Pougatchov)
… Israeli composer and teacher. Emanuel Amiran (Pugatchov) was … Bantock and Alec Rowley. In 1936, Amiran returned to Israel and continued teaching. In 1945, he founded the … for public celebrations, and works for piano, orchestra, voice, and chamber ensembles. A collection of 61 recordings …
Abel Ehrlich
… (Cranz, 1915 – Tel-Aviv, 2003 immigrated in 1939), 1997 Israel Prize laureate, is the most prolific of all Israeli composers, with more than 3,000 pieces. He studied … [1] Fleisher, Robert Jay. Twenty Israeli composers: voices of a culture . … Israeli composer … 11807 … Abel …