(482 results found)
Yeruham Blindman
… his improvisatory vocal style. Although he only had a basic musical education, he composed many arrangements for liturgical music using melodies from Jewish folk songs. … Cantor & composer … Cantorate … Improvisation …
Mikhail Gnesin
… born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical education with Cantor Gerovitz and pianist Oscar … to reorganize the activities of the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Unlike other musicians from the Society, Gnesin … a prolific composer in his own right, making use of Jewish folk melodies as the thematic base for his works. Gnesin …
Mordekhai Hershman
… El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout … released not only recordings of cantorial music but also folk songs in Yiddish. As the following announcement ( Der … He also recorded a relatively large number of Yiddish folksongs and art songs; these too were sung by many other …
Jacob Beimel
… Philadelphia). Has written many articles concerning Jewish music. Founded the Journal, Jewish Music , in which he … of his own compositions and adaptations (synagogue music, folk songs, and Hassidic melodies). … American cantor, … New York … Philadelphia … Hazzanut … Cantorate … Journals … Folksong … Musicology … Jacob Beimel …
Pinhas Jassinowsky
… Ukraine . Jassinowsky’s first exposure to Jewish liturgical music was as a choirboy under director Pinhas Minkowski in … was also a prolific composer of liturgical and Yiddish folk music. His most well known liturgical arrangements … … Song … Cantor … Composer … Liturgical … Music … Yiddish … Folk … Songs … Pinhas Jassinowsky …
Jan Peerce
… was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from regular radio broadcasts of Radio City Music Hall performances won him recognition as a gifted … also made several recordings of cantorial works and Jewish folksongs. … Tenor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Eitan Avitzur
… Born in Jerusalem, 1941. Avitzur started his musical career as a conductor of high school ensembles and … his professional education at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and at the Mozarteum of Salzburg where he … Department of Bar-Ilan University, Head of the Israeli Folk Music Research Center … Eitan Avitzur …
David Zehavi
… the family returned to Tel Aviv. Zehavi did not study music in an orderly manner due to lack of means. His older … as such he ranks among the founding fathers of the Israeli folk song. In 1927, as a 15-year-old, he composed his first … Singing for: melodies for choir, children's songs, and folk songs. In his later years, he suffered from cancer and …
Dudu Barak
… Dudu Barak is a writer of Israeli folk songs. He was born in Jerusalem in 1948 and grew up in … of Dudu Barak are Hebrew lyrics written in a variety of musical styles. He writes mostly Hebrew lyrics to … and the excess spirit, if it exists, in me.' … "Israeli folk song" lyricist … Dudu Barak …
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
… A prolific composer who published both liturgical works and musical settings for Hebrew and Yiddish songs. Published a collection of Eastern European Jewish folk melodies (1927). Two comprehensive biographies covering … can be heard here . … Cantor & composer … 0 … American art music … Aleppo … Al Adamot Moreshet … Abraham Moshe Bernstein …