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Gil Aldema
… Conducting and Composition at the Jerusalem Academy of Music, and continued his studies at Mannes College of Music, … and in 2004 he received the Israel Prize for Hebrew folksong. Aldema has composed and written choir arrangements of numerous Hebrew folksongs, which have been widely used by many choirs and …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … Moses Michail Milner , he founded the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Achron's association with these musicians and … 1911, Achron joined the St. Petersburg “Society of Jewish Folk Music” founded three years earlier by Joel Engel, …
Samuel Alman
… Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education at the conservatory in Odessa and was a … in Kishinev , Alman moved to London where he continued his musical studies at the Royal College of Music. There he … wrote and published several arrangements of popular Yiddish folk songs. … Composer of Synagogue and Secular Music … 0 … …
Alexander A. Krein
… in 1883. He and his five other siblings were taught Jewish folk and instrumental music by his father who was a well known Klezmer musician … activities of the Moscow branch of the Society for Jewish Folk Music. Krien, like the other members of the Folk Music …
Marc Lavry
… Marc Lavry was born in Riga , Latvia and received his formal musical education at the Riga and Leipzig conservatories … 1935. Between 1941 and 1947 Lavry conducted the Palestine Folk Opera and Palestine Orchestra. In 1950 Lavry was … typified the emerging Mediterranean style of early Israeli folk and art musicians, was his symphonic poem Emek (1937). …
Arno Nadel
… Arno Nadel was born in Vilna, Lithuania and began his Jewish musical education in Koenigsberg under cantor Eduard … became increasingly interested in the collection of Jewish music, and in 1923 was commissioned by the Jewish community … music, Nadel also collected Eastern European Jewish folk music, which he published in the music sections of …
Nahum Nardi
… he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Vienna Music Academy, graduating in 1922. Following his graduation, … performing, combining his classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In addition to …
Mordekhai Seter
… occasions, was chosen to conclude the first Israeli Music Celebration (September 1998; an annual festival … as a 10-year old child, and at 16 he went to further his musical education in Europe (Paris, 1932-1937, studying with … however, he preferred the use of liturgical tunes over folk ones (hence he did not work with Brakha Tzefira ). …
Mattityahu Shelem
… work and Yehuda Sharett 's Seder constitute the central musical pieces of the 'new ceremonies' of the secular Kibbutz movement. Shelem also composed many Hebrew folk songs. Sources: Bayer, Bathja. 'Shelem (Weiner), … . Oxford Music Online . … Israeli composer … Composers … Folksongs … Song … Zemer Ivri, Zemer Iveri … Composer … …
Josef Tal (Gruenthal)
… about 100 of his pieces have been published by the Israel Music Institute. He was the most distinctive among the first … generation of composers who principally opposed the use of folklorism and orientalism. This may have reflected his … and Idea : against nationalism in music that is based on folklore, and (implicitly) supporting German hegemony in …