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Morton Shanok
… discharged from the army, he attended Manhattan School of Music and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. Shanok was one of a group of cantors who established …
Jan Peerce
… was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from … Philadelphia as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto . Conductor Arturo Toscanini was particularly impressed by Peerce’s vocal talent, and shortly …
Lazar Weiner
… For full biography at the Milken Archive of Jewish Music click here … Composer of Yiddish and Hebrew art songs … Composers … Song … 0 … Composer … Hebrew … Yiddish … Art … Songs … Lazar Weiner …
Eitan Avitzur
… Born in Jerusalem, 1941. Avitzur started his musical career as a conductor of high school ensembles and … at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and at the Mozarteum of Salzburg where he specialized in advaced …
David Zehavi
… father's side immigrated to Israel from Romania in 1877 as part of the first Aliyah. They came to Tiberias and later … he would be a cantor. Zehavi studied in the Hebrew kindergarten in Jaffa and continued his studies at the Tachkemoni … the family returned to Tel Aviv. Zehavi did not study music in an orderly manner due to lack of means. His older …
Dudu Barak
… and grew up in Rehavia Neighborhood. As a child, he took part in the 'Pinat Hayeled,' choir, which sang on the radio. … appear as well in Baraks' song.' Barak's school was not part of the Rehavia neighborhood. He was sent to this school … of Dudu Barak are Hebrew lyrics written in a variety of musical styles. He writes mostly Hebrew lyrics to …
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
… A prolific composer who published both liturgical works and musical settings for Hebrew and Yiddish songs. Published … can be heard here . … Cantor & composer … 0 … American art music … Aleppo … Al Adamot Moreshet … Abraham Moshe Bernstein …
Naomi Shemer
… cultural consciousness through her beautiful melodies. Her musical skill was evident in her childhood, and her career began in the cultural department of the Nahal military youth organization. After her army service, she became well known through the musical “ Five-Five, ” essentially an arrangement of her …
Edward Stark
… years with his brothers in the clothing business, pursuing musical activities in his free time. In April of 1884, Stark … was active in many associations, including the Germania Quartet Club, an amateur singing group. He composed several … of 1885 traveled to Vienna and to Leipzig to study music formally. In 1891, Stark accepted his first official …
Joseph Shlisky
… synagogues flourished, and hazzanut began to prosper as an art. Like elsewhere in North America, Toronto synagogues … offered only that upon his arrival in Toronto, he was part of the choir at Goel Tzedec Synagogue, suggesting that … a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves …