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Abraham Eilam-Amzallag
… with Leon Shidelovsky. He composed many works and songs, and worked as a flutist and composer in several … at the University of Haifa. He lectures in the fields of folklore and musicology at universities in Israel. …
Gila Flam
… of Music, 1988. Her thesis: Singing for Survival: Songs of the Lodz Ghetto, 1940–45 was published by the … and University Library. Research interests: Yiddish folk song with emphasis on the Holocaust period. Currently … in the preparation of the scholarly edition of the Yiddish songs collection of M. Beregovski. Picture courtesy of …
Andre Hajdu
… a deep interest in ethnography, the relation between folklore and contemporary composition and in pedagogy. He … in Jewish topics, not necessarily by employing or quoting folkloric themes that he researched, but rather by … on traditional pieces of Ashkenazi hazzanut and Yiddish songs, performed by cantor Asher Hainovitz with Hajdu on the …
Rivka Havassy
… with a focus on Ladino traditional oral poetry; musical and folk culture of the Sephardi community of Thessaloniki; contacts between Ladino folk poetry and the Greek culture; early recordings of … Haim Effendi of Turkey; Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs from the EMI Archive Trust (1907-1912). … Researcher … …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… love the synagogal modes and “Zemiroth” as well as Jewish Folk-Songs. At home I received an orthodox education and … are of interest to the scholars. 2) The Jewish song is a folk-art, created by the people. It has no art-song, and no …
Robert Lachmann
… that Lachmann was first exposed to non-Western music and folklore, and he began working on transcriptions of the prisoner’s songs. His experience in Wünsdorf quite likely planted the …
Leo Levi
… National Radio as a partner in the documentation of Italy's folklore. Between 1954 and 1959 he contacted almost fifty … liturgical repertoires, as well as Jewish liturgical and folk songs across the Mediterranean and in central and Eastern …
Menashe Ravina
… studies on Israel's national anthem, "Hatikvah," and the folk dances of Baruch Agadati. During his early years in … European Jewish musicians, documenting and arranging Jewish folk music. Ravina was a dedicated educator and taught at … Furthermore, he composed melodies for beloved children's songs, including " Eliezer Veha-Gezer " (Eliezer and the …
Herzl Shmueli
… of the first to research Israeli music, including Israeli folksongs and art music. His other fields of research included … … Israel … Art … Music … Hebrew … Songs … Zemer … Israeli … Folksong … Herzl Shmueli …
Judah Loeb [Yehude-Leyb] Cahan
… to Warsaw, where he frequently attended Saturday night folksong recitals at the home of writer I. L. Peretz. After … he moved to New York in 1904, and continued collecting folklore among the Yiddish-speaking Jews of New York. In … planned to publish all of his works (collections of folk songs and folktales, and theoretical works), but only the …