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Ram Da-Oz
… and lost his eyesight. Afterward he continued to study music, including piano, oboe, theory and composition, and graduated from the Israel Academy of Music, Tel Aviv (1953). Da-Oz has written Israeli Art Music, … Judaica, Grove Music Online. References: Biography in Hebrew: Cohen, Yehuda. Neimej smiroth Israel [The Heirs of …
Mary Even-Or
… Born in Tel Aviv, Israel. She began her studies at the Music Teachers' Seminary in Tel Aviv (1959) and Oranim … (1964, 1976-1980), and also studied at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv (1976-1980). Her works include chamber, … and vocal music. Her music explores themes from the Bible, Hebrew poetry, Kabbalistic poetry, and Japanese poetry. Her …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the exceptional musical and emotional power of his singing, he attained a … religious devotion and piety, and of a great knowledge of Hebrew literature…. His ...performance was overwhelming, and … biography of Salomon, published in ten installments in the Hebrew newspaper Ha-maggid in 1875. Its appearance …
Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman
… role in dramatically shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. … career began in the 1960's, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer camps. … Friedman’s compositional corpus includes music for the Hebrew liturgy, English translations and interpretations of …
Israel Goldfarb
… to New York in 1893. Although he had a pleasant voice and musical talent, his brother, Samuel Eliezer Goldfarb was acknowledged as the musician in the family. While Samuel began a career in … three cantorial schools: the School of Sacred Music at the Hebrew Union College, the Cantors Institute at the JTSA, and …
Rahamim Amar
… and was the 20th generation in Jerusalem. He started his music career when he served as a trumpet player in the … Credit: Roni Ish-Ran. Full biography at the piyut site (Hebrew). See also an article about his life (Hebrew): רחמים עמאר המלחין והיוצר . … Israeli musician, one …
Hanoch Jacoby
… and immigrated to Palestine in 1934. Took part in Israel's musical life as a violinist in the Israeli Philharmonic … quartets, and also as director of the Jerusalem Academy of Music. Composed in a conservative, tonal style. … dedicated to Hanoch Jacoby. Ben Hamoladot , article in Hebrew by Jehoash Hirshberg with references to Hanoch …
Eli Jaffe
… Born in Jerusalem and graduated from The Hebrew University and the Rubin Academy of Music. Conducted all of Israel's major orchestras, as well … several orchestras abroad. Recorded many albums of Jewish music. Established several institutions for the advancement …
Leon Kornitzer
… . Tina Frühauf: Leon Kornitzer, in: Lexicon of persecuted musicians from the Nazi era , Claudia Maurer Zenck, Peter … from 1937 describes the collection of Jewish liturgical music found at the then relatively new Jewish National and University at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. According to this report, …
Salah El Kuweiti
… 17. He played violin, sang, composed, and achieved great musical fame in Iraq together with his brother, Daoud, who … preferred Iraqi style. He was very important to Baghdadi musical life – headed the Iraqi broadcasting channel … and Israel, Revisited by Esther Warkov. More articles in Hebrew: Schweitzer, Erez. ' 'Aliyatam Ve-Nefilatam (עלייתם …