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See Secular Jewish culture#Jews in classical music for an introduction and explanation, and List of Jewish musicians and for further details and explanation.. NOTE:This contains some composers who are not specifically tied to classical music but had classical training, these may be moved to their own sub category.
Julius Benedict. Arthur Benjamin. George Benjamin (composer) Walter Bergmann (musician) Bart Berman. Heinrich Berté. Bruno Bjelinski. Harold Blumenfeld. Alexander Uriah Boskovich.
e. Jewish music is the music and melodies of the Jewish people. There exist both traditions of religious music, as sung at the synagogue and in domestic prayers, and of secular music, such as klezmer. While some elements of Jewish music may originate in biblical times (Biblical music), differences of rhythm and sound can be found among later ...
K. Robert Kahn (composer) Joseph Kalichstein; Gilbert Kalish; Valentina Kameníková; William Kapell; Yoheved Kaplinsky; Natalia Karp; Yakov Kasman; Julius Katchen
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈkɔʁnɡɔlt]; May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was an Austrian composer and conductor, who fled Europe in the mid-1930s and later adopted US nationality. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential composers in Hollywood history. [1] He was a noted pianist ...
Cantor Abraham Jacob Lichtenstein was known to have cordial relations with many Christian musicians and supported Bruch's interest in Jewish folk music. While some commentators, including Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, have criticized the lack of Jewish sentiment in Bruch's concert-hall Kol Nidrei, Bruch never presumed to write Jewish music. He only ...
Salamone Rossi. Opening of Rossi's Madrigaletti, Venice, 1628. Salamone Rossi or Salomone Rossi (Hebrew: סלומונה רוסי or שלמה מן האדומים) (Salamon, Schlomo; de' Rossi) (ca. 1570 – 1630) was an Italian Jewish violinist and composer. He was a transitional figure between the late Italian Renaissance period and early Baroque.
Klezmer. Around the 15th century, a tradition of secular (non-liturgical) Jewish music was developed by musicians called kleyzmorim or kleyzmerim by Ashkenazi Jews in Eastern Europe. They draw on devotional traditions extending back into Biblical times, and their musical legacy of klezmer continues to evolve today.