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Rahamim Amar
… and was the 20th generation in Jerusalem. He started his music career when he served as a trumpet player in the … his release from the army, he began to specialize in other musical instruments. He especially loved plucked string … from Spanish-Turkish and Arabic music. However, despite the popularity of Arab music in his time, Amar preserved his …
Verdina Shlonsky
… symphonic works, a piano concerto, a cantata, chamber music, music for the theater, and many songs (Lieder and popular). Her orchestral works were performed decades after …
Boruch Leib Rosowsky
… as cantor in the Great Synagogue of Riga and was a very popular cantor of his time. Rosowsky composed several works … Schirei Thefiloh . Sources: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , geoffreyshisler.com . … Cantor and composer … …
Max Weinreich
… His son is the linguist Uriel Weinreich. He is known for popularising the phrase 'A language is a dialect with an …
Joseph Papernikoff
… Thanks to his voice, a beautiful alto voice, and his musical hearing, he was accepted at the age of 8 to the … with its rich imagery and folklike quality has gained popularity, and Papernikov has published poems (including … in the Air'), to which he also composed a melody, became a popular folk song. Many of his poems have been translated …
Mathew Miller (Matisyahu)
… combines reggae, rock, and rap, and is inspired by Hassidic music (primarily by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach ). His lyrics … for his unusual combination of Orthodox Jewish belief and popular music. For further reading about Matisyahu and the Hasidic …
Edwin Seroussi
… in Montevideo, Uruguay, Prof. Seroussi started there his music studies (violin, theory and composition). He … (specifically in art music genres), Judeo-Spanish song and popular music in Israel. Within these subjects he explores … the agency of individuals in the shaping of folk and popular culture, social networks and the role of reception …
Talila Eliram
… of the Land of Israel (Shirei Eretz Israel),' and of the musical cultural heritage created in Israel at the end of … and Economy in Israel. In 1995 she completed her MA in Musicology with distinction, with a thesis on the subject, … of the Land of Israel’ - the Creation and Significance of a Popular Musical Repertoire at the end of the 20th Century.’” …
Andre Hajdu
… after the war at the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. There he studied under Endre Szervánszky … (composition), Erno Szégedi (piano) and Zoltán Kodály (ethnomusicology). As a disciple of Kodály, Hajdu developed a deep … careers and are at the forefront of Israeli art and popular music to this day. Hajdu's devotion to teaching …
Irene Heskes
… Born in Brooklyn, New York. Was a Music researcher who specialized in Jewish music. Her research included the compilation of a large … , The Resource Book of Jewish Music , Yiddish-American Popular Songs, 1895–1950 , and Passport to Jewish Music: …