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Gustav Mahler
… German-speaking Jewish community. Mahler's formal musical education began in 1875 at the Conservatory of Music … Mahler’s musical beginnings in Vienna set him in an artistic environment heavily influenced by the music of … result of a severe blood infection caused by a chronic heart ailment. He left behind three major posthumous works, …
Pinhas Minkowski
… tradition with his father, and supplemented his basic musical education by joining the choir of Cantor Nissan … Jewish Conservatory and was the chairman of the Ha-Zamir musical society, under whose auspices he published several articles on the topics of Jewish music and hazzanut. The …
Arno Nadel
… Arno Nadel was born in Vilna, Lithuania and began his Jewish musical education in Koenigsberg under cantor Eduard Birnbaum , first as a participant in his all boy-choir, and then as a private … with a neighbor for safe keeping, which was returned in part to his estate after the war. Eric Mandel purchased what …
Nahum Nardi
… he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Vienna Music Academy, graduating in 1922. Following his graduation, … to Palestine, their relationship became strained, owing partly to a professional dispute. The dispute, according to … with singers of different origin, such as Sarah Ye'ari and Marta Schlamme , producing somewhat different results. As a …
Sholom Secunda
… In November 1907 Mr. Wolf, a manager of cantors and concert artists in New York, offered to help pay for the Secunda … and C. Once in New York, Mr. Wolf began to manage Sholom's musical career, setting up engagements in a number of … to charge $100 for a Shabbat service. Sholom got his start in Yiddish theater shortly after arriving to New York …
Mordekhai Seter
… occasions, was chosen to conclude the first Israeli Music Celebration (September 1998; an annual festival … by the 1940's. Unlike the other Founding Fathers of Israeli art music, he spent six years of his adolescence in Eretz … 1940-1968, share characteristics with his friends Oedoen Partos and Alexander Boskovich . Many are based on tunes or …
Mattityahu Shelem
… work and Yehuda Sharett 's Seder constitute the central musical pieces of the 'new ceremonies' of the secular … Judaica ; Natan Shahar . 'Shelem, Matityahu.' Grove Music Online . Oxford Music Online . … Israeli composer … Composers … Folksongs …
Wolf Shestapol
… works. His works were strongly influenced by European art music to which he was exposed to while singing with Bezalel … , and studying with Salomon Sulzer in Vienna . His fluent music reading was unusual among the cantors of his day. …
Gershon Sirota
… grandfather was a member. The board of trustees, and other music professionals in attendance, were taken aback by the … what would be a long and successful career as a recording artist. In 1908, Sirota was invited to Warsaw where he was … … Hazzanut … Odessa … Opera … Singer … Tenor … Recording … Artist … Performer … Gershon Sirota …
Johanna L. Spector
… Spector collected many recordings of different Jewish musical cultures, including music from Iraqi, Persian, Yemenite, and Indian cultures. … producing several documentaries , and she published many articles concerning these cultures. Spector also assembled a …