ARPA, ABRAMO DALL' — (Abraham Levi; c. 1542–c. 1577), Italian musician; the most outstanding of a Mantuan family whose members were known for their skill as musicians, chiefly harpists – hence their name. A document from 1542 records the participation in a ducal… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Abramino dall'Arpa — (fl c.1577 – 1593) was an Italian harpist and the likely grandson of Abramo dall Arpa. He was one of the few Jewish musicians in Mantua in the late 16th century. In 1587, he accompanied and comforted the dying Guglielmo I Gonzaga on a trip to… … Wikipedia
MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MANTUA — MANTUA, city and province in N. Italy, an important Jewish center in late medieval and modern times. History The first record of a Jewish settlement in Mantua dates from 1145, when abraham ibn ezra lived there for a while. A small Jewish… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ROSSI, SALAMONE DE' — (Heb. Shelomo Min ha Adummim; fl. first third of 17th century), composer from Mantua. Salamone de Rossi became the leading Jewish composer of the late Italian Renaissance, and a court musician of the Gonzaga rulers of Mantua. Very little is known … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of West European Jews — Apart from France, established Jewish populations exist in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. With the original medieval populations wiped out by the Black Death and the pogroms that followed it, the current Dutch and… … Wikipedia
