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Moshe Wilensky
… attended the Jewish " Eskela " Gymnasium, which offered Hebrew instruction alongside general studies. Wilensky's musical talent emerged at four when he began playing the … the " Gilali " quartet, which performed his arrangements of Hebrew songs, Chassidic music, and jazz. The quartet, with …
Elio Piattelli
… from the University of Rome in 1931, he pursued his innate musicality studying in Rome with Maestro Cesare Dobici … Politeama Theater of Palermo, Sicily. He taught courses in Hebrew liturgical chant in Italy (Rome, Palestrina, Turin, … of the Italian Jewish communities. He transliterated the Hebrew texts of the songs in Latin characters with a very …
Nahum Heiman
… Heiman has won the right to become one of the priests of Hebrew music.' It is not for nothing that Natan Yonatan calls Nahum … and violin. Since his parents and grandparents all spoke Hebrew, Heiman grew up in a Hebrew speaking house as his …
Ehud Manor
… and television, he has presented to the public works of Hebrew songs for generations. Ehud Manor, a member of 'Kol … First Channel', is a virtuoso translator of theater and musical plays. He has instilled in our bloodstream dozens of songs from the great world, in eloquent and humorous Hebrew costume. Ehud Manor knows the secret of seriousness, …
Uzi Hitman
… to Hitman, his father had a great influence on his musical path, and he used to play recordings of his father's … Israel) for his lifetime achievement as a composer in the "Hebrew song" genre, as many of his songs became an integral … See here the full version of Uzi Hitman's biography in Hebrew, written by Talila Eliram. … 44142 … Israeli …
Leon Blank
… to a busy performing schedule, Blank helped to found the Hebrew Actors Union in 1899. During the 1920’s Blank …
Moshe Nathanson
… Nathanson immigrated to Canada, where he studied Law and Music at McGill University. Mid-degree, Nathanson decided to transfer to the Institute of Musical Art in New York (now the Julliard School of Music). … of Jerusalem,” a weekly WMCA radio program to promote Hebrew culture and song. The first broadcast was released a …
Joel Walbe
… his business and his way of life. He rejected young Joel's musical interests, and considered the study of music and literature to be a foreign influence. Though … Singing of Israel and its Sources: a Contribution to Hebrew Musicology) , which was published as a book in 1975. …
Paul Ben-Haim
… The most prolific of the founding fathers of Israeli music (excluding, perhaps , Marc Lavry ), he wrote over 250 … for audiences. Among his significant works are early Hebrew Lieder, such as Akara , written in a tonal style and … His scholar biography by Jehoash Hirshberg (there are Hebrew and English editions) was the first written about an …
Zalman Zylbercweig
… of Lodz, Poland. His father was Tsvi-Hirsh Zylbercweig, a Hebrew and Yiddish writer. As a young boy, Zalman moved to … when he became involved in the management of a Yiddish and Hebrew theater troupe. It was during this time that … articles, adaptations of novels, and reviews of books, music, and Yiddish theater. In 1922, Zylbercweig began to …