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Ephraim Skliar
… he took part in the establishment of the Society for Jewish Folk Music in St. Petersburg. In 1912, he settled in Riga, where … Choir … Choral … Music … Arrangements … Society … Jewish … Folk … Songs … Ephraim Skliar …
Max Weinreich
… translating and editing songs in Yiddish, like Yidishe folkslider mit melodyes . 1 It published in Weinreich's …
Jacob Koppel Sandler
… really composed it, others claiming it was originally a folk song. Source: Encyclopedia Judaica . … Composer and music director … Choirs, Choral music … Composers … Yiddish … Theater … Choral … Director … …
Karel Salmon
… He immigrated to Palestine in 1933, and was the first musical director of the Palestine Broadcasting Service … until 1962. Salmon also taught at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. His works include orchestral and chamber … style with near-Eastern, Mediterranean, and Jewish folklore. Salmon often used themes related to Judaism in his …
Joseph Papernikoff
… Thanks to his voice, a beautiful alto voice, and his musical hearing, he was accepted at the age of 8 to the … Since 1918 his melodious poetry, with its rich imagery and folklike quality has gained popularity, and Papernikov has … Air'), to which he also composed a melody, became a popular folk song. Many of his poems have been translated into …
Edwin Seroussi
… in Montevideo, Uruguay, Prof. Seroussi started there his music studies (violin, theory and composition). He … to Israel in 1971 where he studied at the Department of Musicology at the undergraduate and graduate levels … stresses the agency of individuals in the shaping of folk and popular culture, social networks and the role of …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… and studied their repertoire. He had a good voice and musical hearing, as well as a good memory and perception, … with his choir, and lectured about the Jewish Yemenite folklore. Additionally, 'Adaki worked with the musician … , who transcribed some of the Yemenite songs. The Israeli folksong Ki Tavo'u El Haarets [6] was written by 'Adaki …
Moses Beregovski
… born in the Ukraine in 1892. He was exposed to liturgical music at an early age through his father who was a teacher … According to the manuscript, Beregovski was the head of the Folk Music Division from 1928 to 1936. He then moved on to the Folklore Department of the Kiev Conservatory, and from …
Abraham Wolf Binder
… a family of cantors and into a world enriched by synagogue music and Jewish folklore. He was a member of his father’s synagogue choir … melodies). He continued his involvement in Jewish choral music, forming the Hadassah Choral Union in 1916 and the …
Yehezkiel Braun
… in Israel , is most known for his often-performed choral music. A 2001 Israel Prize laureate, he is probably the most … was sharpened by studies under Boskovich (who supported folklorism à la Bartók) in the Tel-Aviv Academy of Music … 1982 as a professor, until 1990. Braun’s attraction for folklore is consistent throughout his life, although he …