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Viktor Ullmann
… moved to Vienna, and Viktor began studying music theory with Dr. Josef Pohlaneur. In 1918, Viktor enrolled at the … a conductor and composer of indicental music. It was during this time that Ullmann became involved in Rudolf Steiner's …
Esther R. Warkov
… in Iraq and Israel feature prominently on the JMRC website . She has also contributed biographies of Iraqi-Jewish musicians for this website. Warkov received a Fulbright for her MA …
Hirsch Weintraub
… appointed chief cantor in Königsberg , and he remained in this post until his death. In Königsberg, Weintraub built … his main work there: 'Schire Bet Adonai.' For an additional biography, click here . (Written by Ofer Ronen) …
Efraim Yaakov
… Department of History and Philosophy at the Hebrew University, where he served as an assistant to Prof. Yeshayahu … and Man in Yemen (2020) is an example of his hard work in this domain. This book is unique in that it is based …
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
… now Ukraine). His father, Chaim Sherman, was a shochet (a ritual slaughterer), a baal-tefila (cantor), and a teacher of … to study music, he once again entered the theater stage: this time in Avraham Goldfaden 's operetta Shulamit. At the …
Akiva Zimmermann
… in the Intelligence Corps. He would also serve in the military rabbinate. Akiva Zimmerman worked as a bank employee, … expert in the field of hazzanut . He published articles in this field on a variety of platforms, issues, and various …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He … God avenge his blood), the Rebbe of Olkusz. Embedded in this testimony is an inner tension between Geshuri’s …
Samuel Naumbourg
… his formal musical education in Munich where he was recruited to sing in Maier Kohn ’s synagogue choir. Naumbourg’s … service through a serious reform of liturgical music. To this end, he released the first two volumes of Zemirot …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… choirmasters who attempted to create and adapt music to suit the new ritual and format of American Reform … were adopted by some of the Reforms congregations in this country and published in several editions. Schlesinger …
David Nowakowsky
… Kiev. Nowakowsky left home at an early age and moved to Berditchev where he was recruited as a choirboy for the local … music, with instrumental accompaniment. As a result of this project, Nowakowsky’s compositional style changed; he …