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Yedidyah Admon
… education at the Teacher's Seminary in Jerusalem under musicologist Abraham Zvi Idelsohn . From 1923 to 1927 Admon studied Music Theory and Composition in the United States. Upon his … style combined elements from Yemenite, Persian, Arab, and Hassidic music as well as Biblical cantillation. From 1950 …
Nahum Nardi
… he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Vienna Music Academy, graduating in 1922. Following his graduation, … performing, combining his classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In addition to giving …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… As a child, Weisser was exposed to the tradition of Hassidic melodies and Hebrew zemirot through his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser began his formal musical education with the local hazzan of Novata Ushitsa, … for voice and piano, incidental music, two collections of Hassidic Melodies, and a plethora of articles dealing with …
Jacob Beimel
… Philadelphia). Has written many articles concerning Jewish music. Founded the Journal, Jewish Music , in which he published a few of his own compositions … and adaptations (synagogue music, folk songs, and Hassidic melodies). … American cantor, composer and …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… This discovery sparked Schul's interest in Jewish musical themes, which he began to incorporate into his … after arriving to Terezín, he completed the first of Two Chassidic Dances for viola and cello. He finished a … Schul did not exclusively compose thematically Jewish music while interned in Terezín. For example, Schul composed …
Mordekhai Zeira
… born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a musical family, his musical education consisted mostly of a … accompanying his father to the synagogue. He also heard Hassidic music in his house that was 'full of Jews who could sing a Hassidic Niggun and sing Russian Zionist songs,' [1] as …
Moshe Wilensky
… Hebrew instruction alongside general studies. Wilensky's musical talent emerged at four when he began playing the … Israeli songs. Within the movement was a choir led by the musician Yitzhak Edel, who greatly influenced Wilensky's … quartet, which performed his arrangements of Hebrew songs, Chassidic music, and jazz. The quartet, with Wilensky on …
Abraham Ber Birnbaum
… cantor and composer. Abraham Ber Birnbaum was born to a Hassidic family in Pultusk, Poland. He was exposed to music as a young child while accompanying his father on … of the Rabbis of Kutsk and Ger, where Abraham would hear Hassidic music. Although he was considered an Illui in …
Shalom Friede
… his melodies added to the knowledege of Polish cantoral and Hassidic music. … Cantor … Shalom Friede …
Bacon Family
… Born in Kolbuszow , Poland . Established a choir that sang Hassidic melodies and Psalms in Nowy Sacz, and later … cantor in Chryzanow. He composed many pieces of liturgical music. Israel Bacon (1910-1943) Cantor Born in Chryzanow, …