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Menahem Avidom
… 1955 to the end of his life, some of the most important music institutions in Israel, such as the Israel Composers’ … pieces, including ten symphonies, two cantatas and chamber music. One of several prominent composers who wrote … he was one of the leaders of the Mediterranean style , expressed in his works such as his first three symphonies, A …
Alexander Uria Boscovich
… and conductor), was the leading ideologist of Israeli music, exerting considerable influence on the second … opinionated, ideas concerning national identity in Israeli music. He studied with Nadia Boulanger and Paul Dukas, and … of local style, emphasizing the ultimate significance of expressions of the time (contemporary) and place (Eretz …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the exceptional musical and emotional power of his singing, he attained a … importance of Cantor Salomon in the writings of cantors and musicologists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. … being moved to tears when he intoned those tunes which express pain. He could, on a simple Shabbos , create the …
Salah El Kuweiti
… 17. He played violin, sang, composed, and achieved great musical fame in Iraq together with his brother, Daoud, who … preferred Iraqi style. He was very important to Baghdadi musical life – headed the Iraqi broadcasting channel ensemble and programmed its music for several years. The brothers immigrated …
Ezra Aharon ("Azuri")
… ‘ud player, singer, conductor, and performer of Arab art music. He was student of Tanburi Ibrahim Bey in Iraq and was … for the ‘ud at the 1932 International Congress of Oriental Music, Cairo. Aharon immigrated from Iraq to Israel in 1935 … Wolpe and the Avant-Garde Diaspora . Cambridge University Press. (in Hebrew) אמנון שילוח, 'עזרא אהרון ו'הזמר העברי …
Leon Schidlowsky
… generation of composers at The Rubin Israel Academy of Music at Tel-Aviv University in the 1970's and 1980's, … . His style is influenced by Schoenberg , and he has expressed deep appreciation for Nono’s expression of political involvement through artistic …
Zalman Polak
… 1953, 1962: He received critical acclaim in the press by Meir Shimon Geshury and others, particularly … and dictating 'nosachim.' 1960: The Institute of Sacred Music reported in the news regarding his institute for … composer and teacher of Ashkenazi prayer and cantorial music … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Moses Pergament
… Sweden where he worked as a composer, conductor, and music critic. His musical influences range from German Expressionism and French Impressionism to Jewish themes and …
Europa Rossi
… 17 th centuries. Europa was the sister of composer and musician Salamone Rossi , and the wife of the Jewish … Europa, Jewish singer in late Renaissance Mantua.' in Festa Musicologica: Essays in Honor of George J. Buelow . ed. … V. Rivera, and George J. Buelow. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon Press, 1995. pp. 197-233 Taitz, Emily, Henry, Sondra, and …
Yitzhak Sadai
… in 1949. He studied composition at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music under Uriah Uri Boscovich , and also studied with … Tal . Later he worked as a lecturer at the Academy of Music in Jerusalem (from 1960) and the Tel Aviv Academy of … of music. As a composer, Sadai attempted to cross Bergian expressionism (of the Alban Berg school) with the Maqamat …