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Nahum Nardi
… He was named after his uncle Dudu 'Noyhem,' who was the court rabbi of the community. He began his piano studies … classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In addition to … Jewish Community center in Berlin, Nardi met the Yemenite singer Brakha Tzefira , who studied in Berlin at that time. …
Wolf Shestapol
… Born in Odessa , Ukraine . Officiated as cantor in Kherson and was a prolific composer, producing many popular … to which he was exposed to while singing with Bezalel Shulsinger in Odessa , and studying with Salomon Sulzer in Vienna . His fluent music reading was unusual among the cantors of his day. Sources: Bayer, Bathja. 'Shestapol, …
Gershon Sirota
… Gershon Sirota was born in 1874 in Podolia, where his father officiated as the village cantor. As a boy, Sirota … arriving in Vienna , Sirota made the acquaintance of Joseph Singer , the successor of Salomon Sulzer at the … Among the gentile members of the audience were such personalities as Baron Shlimenbach, the Russian Consul-General, …
Efraim Di-Zahav (Goldstein)
… Born in Jerusalem on January 30, 1902, His father was R. Abraham Moshe Goldstein, a cantor who immigrated … who was a pupil of the renowned cantor Bezalel Odesser-Schulsinger. The young Efraim studied in Heder and Yeshivas, as … (still known by the name Goldstein at the time) sang the song 'Tzana Tzana' (words by Yehiel Hagiz, music by Issachar …
Michele Bolaffi
… a distinguished musician and composer active in Livorno in the early 19th century. His tenure as musical director of … director to the Duke of Cambridge; toured in Germany with singer Angelica Catalani; and was in the service if Louis … Saul, a Misere for three voices and orchestra (1802), a sonetto on the death of Haydn (1809) and many other short …
Mordekhai Hershman
… was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov) in the Chernigov Governorate of the Russian Empire, today … Relief Fund'. From an early age Hershman was a child singer in several synagogue choirs accompanying … Leo Low. The Association of Devotees of Hazzanut and Hebrew Song in Tel Aviv ( Agudat hovevei hahazanut vehashirah …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… Asher Shimon Mizrahi was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1890 to father Yitzhak Mizrahi, … children. In Tunisia he taught piyyutim and Jerusalemite songs to the locals. He also composed and exported to … the leading composers of Tunisian song. The great Tunisian singers of the time, both Muslim and Jewish, performed his …
David Abikzer
… Abikzer was born in 1939 in Casablanca, Morocco, and it was there that he began his musical education. His vocal talent … During his career, he recorded over 60 albums of Sephardic songs and liturgical repertoire in Hebrew, Ladino, and … … 625 … Hazzan and singer … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, Hazzanut, …
Jan Peerce
… in New York City in 1904. Peerce’s first instrument was the violin, beginning his performance career as a violinist … band. In 1933, he was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure … won him recognition as a gifted performer of classical songs and operatic arias. He made his operatic debut in May …
David Zehavi
… Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side immigrated to Israel from Romania in 1877 as … he ranks among the founding fathers of the Israeli folk song. In 1927, as a 15-year-old, he composed his first … is kept in the National Library. His son's wife is the singer Dafna Zehavi, who often sings songs by David Zehavi …