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Abraham Eilam-Amzallag
… Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He studied playing the flute with Uri Toeplitz and composition with Leon Shidelovsky. He … music of North Africa and published books and articles in this field. Dr. Eilam Amzallag won various prizes for his …
Andre Hajdu
… he studied under Endre Szervánszky and Ferenc Szabó (composition), Erno Szégedi (piano) and Zoltán Kodály … Gypsy music and published several articles in Hungarian on this subject. His Gypsy Cantata on poems of Miklos Randoti …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… college. Idelsohn was greatly impacted by the diversity of the Jewish community living in Palestine, and … in Palestine. Idelsohn was particularly interested in this community because he perceived the origin of their …
Salomon Sulzer
… in his hometown, and was later appointed cantor at the Seitenstettengasse Synagogue in Vienna, where he stayed for … is considered by some as the father of modern cantorate. This is a result of his attempt to reform synagogue music by …
Essica Marks
… Ph.D., Department of Musicology, Bar-Ilan University, thesis: Music and Society in “Aboav” Synagogue in Safed … The Music of the Jerusalem-Sephardi Liturgical tradition ” (this research has been conducted since 2001). Lecturer at …
Solomon Rosowsky
… After completing his first degree in Law at the University of Kiev , Rosowsky went on to study music at the St. … for Jewish Folk Music in Palestine. It was also during this time that Rosowsky began his influential research in …
Salamone Rossi
… spilled reviewing the vast musical contribution of Jewish-Italian composer Salamone de Rossi, not much is known about … the son of renowned Jewish historian Azariah de’ Rossi, but this seems unlikely in light of Azariah’s claim in his Meor …
Alfred Sendrey
… was accepted to pursue his PhD in Musicology at the Universität Leipzig. In 1933, Sendrey accepted a position as the … a comprehensive bibliographical resource for Jewish Music. This project was aided by Joseph Yasser , Curt Sachs , Salo …
Amnon Shiloah
… a family of Jewish immigrants from Syria, Shiloah returned with his family to Syria in 1931. In 1942, as a teenager, he … his definitive move to the study of oral traditions. At this same time he also joined the newly-established …
Max Wohlberg
… the U.S. in 1923, where he sang in the choir of the Metropolitan Opera and held several positions as cantor. From 1952 … that were donated to JTS in 1977. A detailed inventory of this collection prepared by Elliot Kahn can be found at the …