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Francis Lyon Cohen

… Jewish liturgy. Cohen also had a great interest in Jewish music, and supplemented his studies with courses in the Arts Department at University College in London . He held many …

… Already at a young age Melamed showed interest in music. He used to visit the various synagogues in his area … teaching in Aliya Alef School, and served as director starting in 1947. In 1950 he taught in 'Hamidrasha Lemhanhim … accepted in the mainstream in the late 70's and 80's. He started composing in 1930, when he was 24. His style was …

Joseph Dorfman

… at the Odessa Academy (1958-1965), and later studied Musicology and Composition at the Gnessin Musical Institute … in Moscow (1967-1971), receiving his PhD in 1971. He started teaching already as a young student at the Odessa … later lead the institution (1985-1989). He also served as artistic director of the International Festivals of Jewish …

Herbert Fromm

… Composer of synagogue music See article on Fromm: … … Composer of synagogue music … Herbert Fromm …

Artur Holde

… his career in Frankfurt , as a synagogue conductor and a music critic. In 1937, he imigrated to the U.S. and settled … in New York . There he worked as a choirmaster and as a music critic. His important publication is: Jews in Music: … Century . … Music critic, conductor and writer … Artur Holde …

Nikolai Kaufman

… Musicologist, folklorist and composer Nikolay (or Nikolaï) … scholars. Although the vast majority of his academic and artistic output was in the field of Bulgaria folk music, … This important family information is embedded in Kaufman’s article on the music of the Ashkenazi Jews in Bulgaria …

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

… Orchestra (ECO), performing as both a member and as a solo artist, and toured internationally. Her grandson is the …

Ivan Lipaev

… Ivan Lipaev played trombone in Russia's first brass quartet starting in around 1888, and in the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra … from 1924–31. He was also dedicated to the modernization of music pedagogy in the Russian empire and advocated for …

Eric Mandell

… Mandell passed away in Philadelphia on February 6, 1988. Musically gifted since his youth, he trained under prominent … in regrouping his music collection. After the war he started to recover his own materials while purchasing new ones … was initiated by Prof. Edwin Seroussi, who encouraged this partnership and set himself the task of reorganizing the …

James W. McKinnon

… James William McKinnon was an American musicologist most known for his work in the fields of Western plainchant, medieval and renaissance music, Latin liturgy and musical iconography. He studied … chant. McKinnon published more than one hundred articles in music journals and reference books. … …