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Gustav Mahler
… Mahler’s musical beginnings in Vienna set him in an artistic environment heavily influenced by the music of … symphonies and his great output of vocal music, including song-symphonies, cantatas, song-cycles, and Leid. The … result of a severe blood infection caused by a chronic heart ailment. He left behind three major posthumous works, …
Nahum Nardi
… classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In addition to … to Palestine, their relationship became strained, owing partly to a professional dispute. The dispute, according to … with singers of different origin, such as Sarah Ye'ari and Marta Schlamme , producing somewhat different results. As a …
Sholom Secunda
… In November 1907 Mr. Wolf, a manager of cantors and concert artists in New York, offered to help pay for the Secunda … to charge $100 for a Shabbat service. Sholom got his start in Yiddish theater shortly after arriving to New York … sing the lead of 'Home Sweet Home.' Sholom's setting of the Song 'Home Sweet Home' was preferred to that of Rumshinky's, …
Mattityahu Shelem
… Ramat-Yohanan. Shelem worked as a shepherd, and his early songs include shepherd songs and songs for kibbutz festivals. His most renowned work is …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… Ushitsa, who taught him solfege and sight singing. He participated in many local synagogue choirs, studying under … for the Synagogue, he also composed many secular songs for voice and piano, incidental music, two collections of Hassidic Melodies, and a plethora of articles dealing with Jewish liturgical music and the …
Mikhail Gnesin
… Conservatory, where he later headed the composition department. Gnesin’s extensive pedagogical experience led to … composition, one which is still utilized today in many parts of the world. Gnesin was also a prolific composer in … (1921-23) and The Maccabees (1921); the symphonic works, Songs from the Old Country (1919) and The Jewish Orchestra …
Mordekhai Hershman
… figure are comparable to those showered on the greatest starts of the opera and concert stage, including quotations … El, cantor Ben Zion Miller. It also includes the original article in Yiddish describing the installation of Cantor … Leo Low. The Association of Devotees of Hazzanut and Hebrew Song in Tel Aviv ( Agudat hovevei hahazanut vehashirah …
Jacob Beimel
… in the U.S. (New York and Philadelphia). Has written many articles concerning Jewish music. Founded the Journal, … his own compositions and adaptations (synagogue music, folk songs, and Hassidic melodies). … American cantor, composer … York … Philadelphia … Hazzanut … Cantorate … Journals … Folksong … Musicology … Jacob Beimel …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… children. In Tunisia he taught piyyutim and Jerusalemite songs to the locals. He also composed and exported to … with green eyes, and a pleasing voice that captured one's heart. Unlike other musicians whose dress was sloppy, Ashriko … 1930’s he was accepted as member of the French Union of Artists and Composers. In 1946, Asher Mizrahi released a …
Jan Peerce
… won him recognition as a gifted performer of classical songs and operatic arias. He made his operatic debut in May … Philadelphia as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto . Conductor Arturo Toscanini was particularly impressed by Peerce’s vocal talent, and shortly …