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Kurt Weill
… to the USA. In the USA he was influenced by popular music and jazz, he met several of the outstanding figures of … is deposit at the Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Department, Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music, … footage, interviews with individuals who knew him and artists who preformed his compositions. Drew David. ''Der …
Darius Milhaud
… group known as Les Six . He drew inspiration from diverse musical traditions, incorporating jazz, Brazilian rhythms, … and polytonality into his works. He also explored the music of the Jewish community in Comtat Venaissin, … Music of the Provencal Jews (old Comtat Venaissin) and the article by Milhaud The Music on Comtat-Venaissin . … …
Aaron Copland
… theory and composition with Rubin Goldmark, continuing his musical education with Goldmark, Victor Wittgenstein and … where he served as the head of the composition department for 25 years. During his time in Tangelwood, he … career. … 44148 … Composer and conductor … Aharon Copland … Art Music … American composers … American art music … …
Paul Dessau
… Bertolt Brecht, for whose plays he wrote incidental music. Used some Jewish themes in his music (specifically in his oratorio, Haggadah Shel Pesach). …
Abraham Goldfaden
… his songs, as well as other popular Jewish and secular music. The initial performances of these musical theater pieces created movement to establish a … finally Bar Kochba (1883). Although Goldfaden had no formal musical education, he arranged the majority of the music for …
Theodor Bikel
… his parents at age 13. Studied at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in London (1946-1948), and immigrated to the United … and performed all over the world. For a special memorial article about Bikel, written by JMRC director Prof. Edwin …
Albert Elias
… teacher. He played with some of the greatest stars of Iraqi music, including Nazem al-Ghazali, Salima Morad, Muhammed … Iraqi maqam and the more widespread Egyptian style of tarab music, which he greatly enjoyed. He also studied law for two … was disbanded in 1992, Elias continued to play in private parties. Elias was the last living musicians to have played …
Bence Szabolcsi
… Bence Szabolcsi was a Hungarian music historian. He was born in Budapest, the younger son … the first music dictionary in Hungarian, established the Department of Musicology at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in 1951, and established the Bartók Archive in 1961. A list of his works can be see in the …
Rita Flomenboim
… Rita Flomenboim, musicologist and music theoretician. Born in Chernovitz, … Faculty member of the Samuel Rubin Academy of Music and Department of Musicology at the Tel Aviv University, as well as … in Bar Ilan University. Researching the field of Jewish Art Music since 1983. Participated in various conferences …
Abigail Wood
… Lecturer in ethnomusicology in the Department of Music, University of Haifa. Completed her PhD on Yiddish …