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Joseph Shlisky
… a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves … and left it after a short time. He never thought about a musical career until, one day, he was singing at his sewing … of Yiddish or Hebrew songs. While these may have been folk songs, Shlisky was also known to perform traditional …
Lazare Saminsky
… 1908 he became a founding member of the Society for Jewish Folk Music , working as its first secretary. During this period … & co-founder of the St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music … Lazare Saminsky …
Gideon Klein
… At the age of twelve, Klein moved to Prague to study music and liberal arts at the Jirasek Gymnasium. While in … was with Rafael Schachter for whose chorus Klein composed folk songs in Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since … by a number of varied styles and sources including Moravian folklore, traditional Hebrew melodies, and the work of …
Max Helfman
… a long career arranging both secular and religious Jewish music and was considered to have a gift for writing music that was both singable and emotionally complex, which was modern and original and yet rooted in traditional folk and synagogue melodies. Among his best known works are …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in Petakh Tikva, to … songs, in general, for which he wrote both words and music, portray sceneries borrowed from the world of … his and others' songs through singing classes and Hebrew folksong (Zemer Ivri) groups. These he established in …
Rafael Schächter
… War I, Schächter moved to Brno, where he began his formal musical studies. He continued his studies at the Prague … he arranged Czech, Slovak, Hebrew and even Russian folk songs for Schächter's expanding choral group (an … a chorus specializing in Jewish liturgical music, Yiddish folk songs, and new Palestinian music. In addition to …
Mordekhai Zeira
… born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a musical family, his musical education consisted mostly of a … many songs that constitute an integral part of the Hebrew folksong . Many of their songs played a documentary role in … of time and have become national cultural assets. They are folksongs of the same kind as those of nations that did not …
Yosef Hadar
… Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his father Yehiel were … he won an achievement award for his contribution to Israeli folk song as a composer and as a musical educator. The award was granted to him by the Center for Israeli Folk Music at Bar Ilan University division of culture, by …
Pavel Haas
… in his father's business until 1935, when he began teaching music theory, and later music. Haas began composing while working with his father, … on Haas' style: such as the music of Janacek, Moravian folksong, Jewish chant, Medieval Chorale, Western European …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… for Jewish Research website ' Shmerke Kaczerginski ' in Music during the Holocaust website. Other sources: Werb, … The Songs Of World War II Jewish Resistance: … Poet, folkorist & partisan in the Vilna ghetto … 0 … Vilna … …