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Kurt Weill
… is deposit at the Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Department, Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. List of Hebrew songs he composed, in Zemereshet (זמרשת) and Bait Lazemer … footage, interviews with individuals who knew him and artists who preformed his compositions. Drew David. ''Der …
Abraham Goldfaden
… in Zhitomir, Ukraine, where he began writing poems, songs, ballads, and was involved in purimshpil theatrical … In 1865 he published his first booklet of Hebrew songs, Zizim u-Ferahim , and in 1965 an additional booklet of Yiddish songs, Dos Yudele . In 1875, he left his teaching post and …
Theodor Bikel
… his parents at age 13. Studied at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in London (1946-1948), and immigrated to the United … in television shows and in movies. As a folk singer he sang songs that spanned over 20 languages, and he accompanied … and performed all over the world. For a special memorial article about Bikel, written by JMRC director Prof. Edwin …
Albert Elias
… was disbanded in 1992, Elias continued to play in private parties. Elias was the last living musicians to have played … Yehiel Nahari, 1996. Milo Hamama ,Iraqi singer, sings a song composed by Elias . Elias plays maqam Ajam , 1995. Haki …
Abigail Wood
… Lecturer in ethnomusicology in the Department of Music, University of Haifa. Completed her PhD on Yiddish song in contemporary North America at Cambridge University, … research interests include contemporary klezmer and Yiddish song, music in Jewish-Christian relations and music in …
Naomi Cohn-Zentner
… Naomi Cohn Zentner is an assistant professor in the Department of Music at Bar Ilan University. She was formerly … Studies. Her Ph.D. from Hebrew University's Musicology department focused on the singing of Sabbath table songs ( zemiroth shabbat ) among Ashkenazi …
Yizhak Edel
… a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while participating in singing gatherings hosted by his … a violin. He taught himself to play, practicing by playing songs he sang at his grandfather's gatherings. The writer Y. … Trunk proceeded to buy young Edel a new violin, and he started receiving lessons from the violinist in Peretz’s …
Ya'akov Orland
… national buildings like the Jewish Agency headquarters, the Yeshurun Synagogue, and the National Library. In … the Rehavia Hebrew Gymnasium. Orland wrote his first song, "We Sing to You, Homeland and Mother, " in 1930. This song was later set to music by David Zehavi, a member of …
Joseph Achron
… a position as the head of the violin and chamber music departments at the Kharkov Conservatory. Achron's tenure there … limited by the enterprise, and continued his efforts in art music composition and performance. He composed more than … Concerto, op. 60, the Dance of Salome, op. 62, and the song Po En-Harod. From 1925 on, Achron lived in the USA , …
Marc Lavry
… of the Riga Opera. In response to the rise of the Nazi party and the induction of the Nuremburg Laws, Lavry … broadcasts. Lavry was also a prolific composer of Israeli art music, with a large corpus of oratorios, chamber and orchestral works, popular songs, and theater music. Perhaps his most well known piece, …