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Joseph Yasser
… Jewish music researcher & collector. Born in Lodz, Poland. Studied … synagogues and was one of the founders of the American Musicological Society. His research deals with theories of tonality, Russian music, and Jewish music (Biblical instruments, Biblical cantillation, …
Elias Zaludkowski
… Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica, Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy Nulman). … Hazzan and writer. … Elias Zaludkowski …
Akiva Zimmermann
… in literature and the press and a great scholar of all Jewish and Israeli beings. He knew many of Israel's leaders … personally, particularly regarding their relationship to Jewish tradition and beliefs. Zimmerman had an immense … articles on a variety of topics - from hazzanut and Jewish music to current affairs in politics and society. He also …
Alois Kaiser
… Realschule and the Teachers' Seminary and Conservatory of Music in Vienna. From the age of ten he sang in the choir of … him and William Sparger with the compilation of the musical portion of a Union Hymnal, published in 1897. With … William Sparger; preface by Cyrus Adler); "Souvenir of the Jewish Women's Congress at the World's Columbian Exposition" …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music … as a scholar is still a major gap in the historiography of Jewish music. Born in Myslowitz, Upper Silesia, then part of …
Fritz Rikko
… Fritz Rikko was a musicologist and conductor who was an authority on music of the Baroque era. Born in Werden, Germany, he … most closely associated was Salamone Rossi . Rossi was a Jewish composer and instrumentalist who was active in Mantua …
Leib Glanz
… gestures from many different genres, including romantic music, Israeli folk songs, and Jewish liturgical music from communities throughout the … in Tel Aviv. Glanz was also a serious composer of Jewish liturgical music, with a corpus of over 100 works as …
Samuel Naumbourg
… professional hazzanim in his family. He received his formal musical education in Munich where he was recruited to sing … an unprecedented overview of the history of religious Jewish music. Another of Naumbourg’s important contributions … … Composer, Synagogue singer, Musicologist, French Jewish reformer of synagogue music & choirmaster … Composers …
Leon Algazi
… Algazi was born in Iepuresti, Romania in 1890. He studied music in Vienna and Paris and graduated from the Ecole … Paris , a position he held for many years. His interest in Jewish music and folklore was sparked by early studies with … radio program that dealt with a wide range of topics in Jewish music. In 1937 he took a position as the conductor at …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… and choirmasters who attempted to create and adapt music to suit the new ritual and format of American Reform … recognized the need of an appropriate musical setting for Jewish congregational services and composed complete musical … Bloch: Civil War Composers and Musicians', in American Jewish Historical Quarterly , Vol. 53, No. 1 (September …