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Jacob Ben-Ami
Jacob Ben-Ami was born in 1890 in Minsk, Belarus. His early education took place in a…
The Tedeschian Community
[1]The Tedeschian Jews are Ashkenazi Jews who originated in Germany, and immigrated to…
Moritz Rosenhaupt
By Edwin Seroussi
German cantor and composer Moritz/Moses Rosenhaput was born (see…
The Music on Comtat-Venaissin
Revised and annotated translation from the French by Edwin Seroussi
Note: This…
Yosef Hadar
Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his…
Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog
The Jewish Music Research Centre mourns the recent passing of ethnomusicologist Avigdor…
Jewish Music Collections at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv
Jewish Music Collections of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv, aka the “…
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
Isaac Eliyahu Navon was born in Adrianpole (today Edirne) on May 17, 1859. His father,…
Volekh (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…