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Michael Lukin
… A research associate, specializing in the traditional culture of Yiddish speakers. His recent … , Yuval , Musik Traditionen , Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore , and Shofar , explore Yiddish folk songs … of Pennsylvania. Michael teaches courses on Jewish musical traditions and folklore, Hasidic musical thought, …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … and Moses Michail Milner , he founded the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Achron's association with these … musical language. During his childhood, Achron absorbed the traditions of 19th century virtuoso violin music, whereas …
Samuel Alman
… Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education at the conservatory in Odessa and was a … quickly, and he was hired to lead several other local Jewish choirs in London . Alman was deeply influenced by the Eastern European cantorial tradition, specifically by the work of hazzanim Nisson …
Alexander A. Krein
… Moscow in 1883. He and his five other siblings were taught Jewish folk and instrumental music by his father who was a … Klezmer musician and poet. In 1908 he began his formal musical education at the Moscow Conservatory, where he … national style. Krein found inspiration in the musical traditions of the synagogue. He utilized melodic …
Pinhas Minkowski
… officiated as a cantor. Minkowski studied the cantorial tradition with his father, and supplemented his basic musical education by joining the choir of Cantor Nissan … intellectual movement in Odessa. He lectured at the Jewish Conservatory and was the chairman of the Ha-Zamir …
Sholom Secunda
… and C. Once in New York, Mr. Wolf began to manage Sholom's musical career, setting up engagements in a number of … age prevented him from officiating High Holiday Services in traditional synagogues, he was contracted to lead services … year he developed something of a mentor relationship with Jewish composer Ernest Bloch with whom he studied …
Mordekhai Seter
… three choirs and orchestra depicting the redemption of the Jewish people. This oratorio has been considered since its … as a 10-year old child, and at 16 he went to further his musical education in Europe (Paris, 1932-1937, studying with … or motives derived from Mizrahi (Jewish Near-Eastern) traditions. Unlike most composers of that time, however, he …
Yehuda Sharett (Shertok)
… (for which he won the Engel prize ) , a piece combining Jewish tradition with modern musical elements. Also known for composing poems of various …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… Ushitsa, Ukraine. 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, … and from 1939-1940 he served as the president of the Jewish Ministers Cantors Association of America. In …
Mordekhai Hershman
… in New York City at Tomashevsky’s Theatre appeared in The Jewish Daily News of February 20, 1920. The enthusiastic … the porous line separating secular from the religious musical practices led by great cantors of the time such as … Renanah Music, 1925) is based, among other motifs, on the traditional Haftarah cantillation. Hershman recorded this …