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Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… synagogue. This discovery sparked Schul's interest in Jewish musical themes, which he began to incorporate into … entrusted to Schul by the authorities at the offices of the Jewish community in Prague . Schul was deported to Terezín … to Terezín, he completed the first of Two Chassidic Dances for viola and cello. He finished a three-part boys …
Mordekhai Zeira
… and through his sister's playing. He was also exposed to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the … Adonai ), composed in the style of Yemenite music, in accordance to the theater's request. From 1930 to 1933 he worked … In his songs, Zeira transmits a vast narrative of the [Jewish] people in Israel: Lemoladeti , Havo Lebanim , 'Al …
Nurit Hirsh
… Additionally, m any of her songs accompany folk dances. These songs came to constitute part of the …
Nahum Heiman
… the student of the composer Matitiyahu Shalem and the dancer Tirza Hodes. He began playing in Hodes's folk dancing … later, Nitzanim, a song that later became a hit and a folk dance, was composed. Nahche ran back to the dance class, and … subscribed to the Academy of Cinema. There he worked in the Jewish Agency. After a few years, Heiman met with a Swiss …
Ehud Manor
… Manor was a member of the working youth movement and he danced folk dances. He was 15 when his father died. Along with the songs …
Joel Walbe
… Ukraine ). As a boy, his education was standard for wealthy Jewish families in Russia. He first studied Torah in the … teachers. Shalom Walbe, Joel's father, was a wealthy Jewish merchant and a Gabbai. He kept a secluded Jewish … settling Zionists in Palestine . He composed Horas (Israeli dance) like 'Hora Medura,' with words by Natan Alterman, …
Mark Isakovich Rabinovich
… now Brusilov, Ukraine). He studied music under the guidance of his grandfather, the klezmer violinist and composer … In 1937-1938 he was the head of the State Ensemble of Jewish Folk Music of the Ukrainian SSR. The ensemble … . … Violinist and Conductor … 0 … Conductor … Violinist … Jewish music … Folk music … Klezmer … Mark Isakovich …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… all of his career. He is most closely associated with the Jewish community of Dubno (today in western Ukraine), but … assistant singers (m’shor’rim) to sing and lead services in Jewish communities throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the … the whole congregation from deep melancholy to the mood of dance.” Salomon’s son, Hirsch Weintraub (ca. 1813-1881), was …
Tzipora Jochsberger
… in 1939, and studied in the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Moved to the US in 1952, and received a PhD in Jewish Music from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1972. Published several …
Yinam Leef
… from his biography on the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance website: 'President of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Yinam Leef (Born in Jerusalem in 1953) is one of the … include classical music, jazz, and the unique mixture of Jewish prayers, the chant of the Moazzin and the Old City's …