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Viktor Ullmann
… Těšín), Czech Republic on January 1, 1898. Ullmann’s father was an officer in the Austrian Imperial Army stationed … student, supplementing his studies with private piano lessons with teacher Edward Steuermann. That same year, he … his opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis , scored for five singers and a thirteen-member orchestra. The premier was to …
Esther R. Warkov
… Esther Warkov's seminal contributions to the study of Arab … of Music, University College, Cardiff. Her work with Irish singer Joe Heaney is distributed widely. Her publications … prominent Iraqi-Jewish musicians, Warkov interviewed personnel at the Arabic section of the Israel Radio (Kol …
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
… Mordechai Yardeni was Born as Motl Sherman in 1906 in the town of Slovechno (Volyn province of the Russian Empire, … musical and theatrical reviews. In February 1930, at the Gibson Theater, he made his debut in the operetta Hasidish … he performed in concerts and on the radio as an 'Israeli' singer, with a repertoire of 'Israelian' songs and Jewish …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public … for “bridge,” an equivalent of the German “Bruck”) was the son of Fruma bat Tzvi and Gita Langer and R. Eliezer … leader). He was a descendant of a family of cantors and singers associated with Hassidic courts in Poland, most …
Manfred Lemm
… Manfred Lemm was born on April 17, 1946 in Potsdam . In the 1960s he moved with a band through Germany, Austria and … the Manfred Lemm Ensemble and performed mainly Yiddish song. Lemm was one of the organizers of the European Yiddish … Mordechai Gvirtig and composed them on four CDs. … German singer and musician engaged in the revival of Yiddish music …
Abraham Goldfaden
… Abraham Goldfaden, known as the father of the Yiddish theater, was born in Staro … in Zhitomir, Ukraine, where he began writing poems, songs, ballads, and was involved in purimshpil theatrical … to Jassy, Rumania where he came in contact with the Broder Singers, who were active in Yiddish folk song performance. …
Theodor Bikel
… to Palestine with his parents at age 13. Studied at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in London (1946-1948), and immigrated to the United States in the 1950's. As a singer and as an actor, Bikel performed in many Broadway … in television shows and in movies. As a folk singer he sang songs that spanned over 20 languages, and he accompanied …
Albert Elias
… instrument maker. In Baghdad Elias studied law as well as the nay with a Syrian teacher. He played with some of the … , and he collaborated with Dudu Tassa, Daoud’s grandson, on his 2011 album , which was dedicated to their music. … Performance with Yehiel Nahari, 1996. Milo Hamama ,Iraqi singer, sings a song composed by Elias . Elias plays maqam …
Ya'akov Orland
… age five, he survived a pogrom in his hometown that claimed the lives of eight family members, after which his family … Orland's father, Eliezer, worked as a quarryman and stonemason in the company led by Yitzhak Sadeh, which was involved … " Hatender Nose a" ("The Pickup Truck"), was popularized by singer Shoshana Damari . His songs "Ets Harimon " ("The …
Yedidyah Admon
… to Palestine in 1906 and received his formal education at the Teacher's Seminary in Jerusalem under musicologist … Upon his return to Palestine in 1927 he published his first songs, among them the popular ' Gamal Gamali' (Camel Drivers … and music for children. … 44130 … Israeli composer and singer … Yedidiah Admon, Yedidya Admon, Yedidia Admon … …