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Rahamim Amar
… from Spanish-Turkish and Arabic music. However, despite the popularity of Arab music in his time, Amar preserved his … During his musical career, Rahamim Amar composed about 300 songs, Piyutim and liturgical pieces. Additionally, he composed several songs for the poet Haim Nachman Bialik. Also, he cooperated …
Verdina Shlonsky
… a cantata, chamber music, music for the theater, and many songs (Lieder and popular). Her orchestral works were performed decades after …
Max Weinreich
… His son is the linguist Uriel Weinreich. He is known for popularising the phrase 'A language is a dialect with an … and navy'. 1 His work also included translating and editing songs in Yiddish, like Yidishe folkslider mit melodyes . …
Martha Schlamme
… in 1938 and immigrated to the US in 1948. She became a popular singer, giving over a thousand concerts. An expert … Schlamme sang in 12 languages, including Jewish folksongs in Hebrew and Yiddish. Source: Encyclopedia Judaica . … … Song … Singer … Jewish … Yiddish … Hebrew … Folksong … Popular … Songs … Martha Schlamme …
Joseph Papernikoff
… he returned to Warsaw. At the age of 16, he began to write songs in Yiddish. His debut song, 'Dos Feld' ('The Field'), … with its rich imagery and folklike quality has gained popularity, and Papernikov has published poems (including … in the Air'), to which he also composed a melody, became a popular folk song. Many of his poems have been translated …
Talila Eliram
… Researcher of 'Songs of the Land of Israel (Shirei Eretz Israel),' and of … with distinction, with a thesis on the subject, “‘Songs of the Land of Israel’ - the Creation and Significance of a Popular Musical Repertoire at the end of the 20th Century.’” …
Andre Hajdu
… careers and are at the forefront of Israeli art and popular music to this day. Hajdu's devotion to teaching … on traditional pieces of Ashkenazi hazzanut and Yiddish songs, performed by cantor Asher Hainovitz with Hajdu on the …
Irene Heskes
… , The Resource Book of Jewish Music , Yiddish-American Popular Songs, 1895–1950 , and Passport to Jewish Music: Its …
Salamone Rossi
… polyphonic settings of Hebrew psalms, hymns and synagogue songs titled Ha-Shirim Asher li-Shelomo (1622-3), edited by … Rossi’s Ha-Shirim Asher li-Shelomo experienced renewed popularity in synagogues throughout Western Europe and in …
Mordecai Gebirtig
… bard, both composing the lyrics and melodies for his songs. His work became popular throughout the Diaspora long before it was … wife and two daughters. In 1967, a selection of his last songs written in the Cracow Ghetto were published in Hebrew …