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Gil Aldema
… station, and in 2004 he received the Israel Prize for Hebrew folksong. Aldema has composed and written choir arrangements of numerous Hebrew folksongs, which have been widely used by many choirs and singing troupes in Israel. Source: Encyclopedia Judaica . … …
Sholom Secunda
… David Kessler. After his soprano voice deepened, Sholom's singing career came to a venerable halt. However, he … clear that the next step was to win acceptance to the Hebrew Actors Union. It was a policy of the Union to send …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… was exposed to the tradition of Hassidic melodies and Hebrew zemirot through his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser … hazzan of Novata Ushitsa, who taught him solfege and sight singing. He participated in many local synagogue choirs, …
Mordekhai Hershman
… managed to dodge military conscription thanks to his voice, singing at this time with cantor Shlomo Ravitz . His first … “a great concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall“. The Hebrew press in British Palestine profusely advertised … by Leo Low. The Association of Devotees of Hazzanut and Hebrew Song in Tel Aviv ( Agudat hovevei hahazanut …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… filmed a short movie, more like a clip, with Asher Mizrahi singing one of his songs and accompanying himself on the Ud. … Asher Mizrahi to participate in a special program in Hebrew, broadcast every Monday. When one of the Monday … Piyyut … Tunisia … Old City … Jerusalem … France … Arabic … Hebrew … Asher Shimon Mizrahi …
Jacques Offenbach
… the Paris Conservatoire and both boys earned their keep by singing in a local synagogue choir. Due to financial … waltzes including Rebecca , a waltz based on 15th century Hebrew melodies, debuted at the Jardin Turc Theater. …
David Zehavi
… father hoped he would be a cantor. Zehavi studied in the Hebrew kindergarten in Jaffa and continued his studies at … Many of his songs are considered to be among the best in Hebrew song such as Hannah Szenes's poetry, ' Halikhah … output. In 1961, he won the Yosef Alkoni Prize for Hebrew Singing for: melodies for choir, children's songs, and folk …
Edward Stark
… including the Germania Quartet Club, an amateur singing group. He composed several operettas for the group, … eines Gesang-Vereins” (“ Germania , or the Dream of a Singing Society”). Stark studied Hebrew and hazzanut with his father, and in November of 1885 …
Joseph Shlisky
… never thought about a musical career until, one day, he was singing at his sewing machine when Lady Flora McCrea Eaton … of Handel’s Sound an Alarm and a series of Yiddish or Hebrew songs. While these may have been folk songs, Shlisky … fame and powers as a cantor, after Pesach 1934, Shlisky’s singing career was cut short by a sudden, debilitating …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in Petakh Tikva, … Literature, bible studies, and language studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. During these years, owing to … kind of troubadour, spreading his and others' songs through singing classes and Hebrew folksong (Zemer Ivri) groups. …