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  Amram Ebgi
Amram Ebgi is an International Artist, a craftsman, and a master printer.
He has been considered a visionary whose imagination combines the warmth of sensitive feelings with light and the complexities of life with subtle structure.
All software used on this site is the property of Art Studio, Inc. and Amram Ebgi or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.
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  Amram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amram (עַמְרָם "Friend of the most high (God"), or "People are Exalted" Standard Hebrew ʿAmram, Tiberian Hebrew ʿAmrām) is a Levite, a son of Kohath, the husband of Jochebed (Exodus 6:20 and Numbers 26:59) and father of Aaron, Miriam and Moses.
According to the Talmud, Amram promulgated the laws of marriage and divorce amongst the Jews in Egypt.
The Testament of Amram (2nd century BC) is the name assigned to one of the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q535, Manuscript B).
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 David Amram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the age of seven, Amram began piano lessons, experimenting with trumpet and tuba before settling on the French horn.
Amram spent 1952 to 1954 with the United States Army in Europe, playing with the Seventh Army Symphony.
Amram's score was a blend of post-war jazz, Latin music, and atonal classical composition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Amram   (574 words)

  
 JewishEncyclopedia.com - AMRAM BEN SHESHNA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Amram's rules concerning the methodology of the Talmud are of considerable value (Mueller, "MafteaḦ," p.
But the most important work of Amram, which marks him as one of the most prominent of the geonim before Saadia, is his "Prayer-book," the so-called "Siddur Rab Amram." Amram was the first to arrange a complete liturgy for use in synagogue and home.
For Amram did not content himself with giving the mere text of the prayers, but in a species of running commentary added very many Talmudical and gaonic regulations relating to them and their allied ceremonies.
www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=1438&letter=A   (647 words)

  
 The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Amram was born in Philadelphia, but he spent his childhood on the family farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where the family moved shortly before his seventh birthday.
Amram's fascination with jazz was heightened when he first heard the voice of the famous cantor Yossele [Joseph] Rosenblatt on the sound track of Al Jolson's film The Jazz Singer (generally cited as the first commercial "talking" picture).
Amram's chamber and solo music includes Discussion for fl ute, cello, piano, and percussion; a sonata for unaccompanied violin; Fanfare and Processional; Three Songs for Marlboro; and The Wind and the Rain.
www.milkenarchive.org /artists/artists.taf?artistid=181   (1747 words)

  
 Amram: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Elohim () is a hebrew word related to deity, but whose exact significance is often disputed....
Miriam was the sister of moses and aaron, and the daughter of amram and jochebed....
Marriage is a relationship and bond, most commonly between a man and a woman, that plays a key role in the definition of many families....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/am/amram.htm   (762 words)

  
 Southern Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Amram, you see, is best known for his more than 100 orchestral and chamber works and for his jazz collaborations with such notables as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charlie Mingus, Thelonius Monk and Lionel Hampton.
Amram, who spent much of his life in the South, captures the essence of life there with "Southern Stories." Eloquently, yet simply, he weaves story and song into a snapshot of the South.
With all of his acclaim, Amram said his children (ages 15, 18 and 20) are most impressed by the reference to their father in a song by the popular children's composer, Raffi.
www.chromerecords.com /Amram/southern_stories.htm   (2363 words)

  
 David Amram - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Amram led a quartet with tenor saxophonist George Barrow that made an album for Decca in 1957 and later played regularly at New York's Five Spot in 1963-1965.
However, Amram's career gravitated mostly over to the classical side after the 1950s, producing orchestral and instrumental pieces, incidental music (his score for Archibald MacLeish's J.B. won a Pulitzer prize), and other works which attracted enough respect to have the New York Philharmonic sign him on as its first composer-in-residence (1966-1967).
Amram's Cuban visit received extensive news coverage at the time and also provided many Americans with their first glimpse of Irakere.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,397283,00.html   (543 words)

  
 Filmtracks: The Manchurian Candidate (David Amram/Rachel Portman)
Amram responded by utilizing jazz, blues, and Latin variations on his title theme to offset the more suspenseful cues beneath the dialogue.
Amram also took advantage of a handful of plucking string motifs to tingle our senses when the brainwashing was in effect on screen.
Hearing both the Amram and Portman scores back to back tells all you need to know about the different directions taken in the films, and despite their ability to suit their own projects well enough to suffice, it's easy to say that Portman's score lacks the emotional punch of Amram's original.
www.filmtracks.com /titles/manchurian.html   (990 words)

  
 Search Results for "Amram"
Amram ben Scheschna, (am´ram, shesh´na) (KEY) or Amram Gaon (ga´on) (KEY), d.
2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uz'zi-el.
Amram, in Moses Man of the Mountain, ch.
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 David Amram in the News
Amram, who has persevered for more than half a century in the professional symphony circuit, was an integral member of what now is known as the late '50s "Beat" movement and has the good grace to be able to list American literary-giant Jack Kerouac as one of his dearest friends.
Amram made his first jazz recording with Lionel Hampton in the early 1950's and by the end of the decade was hanging with the writers, painters and poets of the beat generation in New York, where in 1957 he and Jack Kerouac gave the first jazz-poetry reading.
Amram said that when he was composer in residence at the New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein told him that part of his work was to contribute to the repertoire, to compose for musicians of the future.
www.davidamram.com /inthenews.html   (18552 words)

  
 Hibblen Radio - Beat Generation & Spoken Word - David Amram
I interviewed musician and author David Amram late in the night on April 6, 2002 at The Kerouac House in downtown Orlando, Florida.
MP3 AUDIO: Amram talks about how he and Jack met, what their collaborations were like, and what the incredible success of "On The Road" did to Jack.
MP3 AUDIO: Amram talks about Jack, as well as the other artists he has worked with, and changes that have occurred over the decades in New York City.
www.hibblenradio.com /DavidAmram.html   (278 words)

  
 David Amram
Amram and Kerouac collaborated on the title song and Amram appeared in the film.
A pioneer player of jazz French horn, he is also a virtuoso on piano, numerous flutes and whistles, percussion, and dozens of folkloric instruments from 25 countries as well as improvising lyrics.
Amram has hosted television and radio specials, coordinating music and musicians designed specifically for the occasion.
www.chromerecords.com /amram.htm   (544 words)

  
 AMRAM, David : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
by Dmitri Mitropoulos, conductor of the NY Philharmonic, in his dedication to pure music, Amram has refused to be typecast, doing a myriad of interesting things.
Piano Sonata '60 (tribute to T. Monk and Bud Powell); String Quartet '61; opera Twelfth Night '68; Triple Concerto For Woodwinds, Brass, Jazz Quintet, Orchestra '70 (recorded '77 for Flying Fish with Pepper Adams and Rochester Philharmonic); Native American Portraits for violin, piano and percussion '76; Violin Concerto '80.
En Memoria de Chano Pozo '77 first heard in Cuba, where Amram troupe was the first US group to be heard there since '61; piece is incl.
www.musicweb.uk.net /encyclopaedia/a/A71.HTM   (336 words)

  
 COSMIC BASEBALL ASSOCIATION- 1999 David Amram Plate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Amram grew up on a farm outside of Philadelphia where his father frequently played recordings made by the Jewish cantor Yossele Rosenblatt.
Amram began an association with the Beats after he met Kerouac who frequented the Five Spot Club where Amram played jazz.
Amram and Kerouac developed a friendship that resulted in a December 1957 performance at the Brata Art Gallery.
www.cosmicbaseball.com /amram9.html   (485 words)

  
 David Amram
Composer David Amram in a profile and interview with international journalist and jazz critic Mike Zwerin.
By Mike Zwerin NEW YORK, 7 November 2002 - When flutist James Galway commissioned David Amram to compose Giants Of Night, a concerto for flute and orchestra, he asked him to incorporate influences from jazz and Caribbean music.
Amram has been doing that sort of thing...
www.culturekiosque.com /jazz/portrait/davidamram.html   (259 words)

  
 Jerusalem Post | The stories behind the names   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Amram, a security guard at the Hasharon mall for several years, stopped the suicide bomber from killing many more innocent bystanders by blocking him with his body and pulling the terrorist in the direction of a wall to distance him from his target.
Amram, who was responsible for security patrols around the mall, was working as a security guard the previous time the mall was attacked by a suicide bomber, but was not hurt in that attack.
Amram, who regularly worked out at the Wingate Institute, was described by friends as quiet and modest.
www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475689558&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull   (737 words)

  
 Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning
Amram, however, views his own life according to the Native American philosophy of "walking the trail of beauty"--following where his interests lead him.
Whether composing music or writing, Amram seeks to really become a part of an environment, gaining access and insight into the inner workings of stories--their beauty, subtlety and lasting value.
For Amram, composing jazz music, writing a piece of journalism, building new media content and even painting all center on the same basic skills of good storytelling--improvisation, collaboration, multiple media and interactivity.
www.fathom.com /feature/2067   (2017 words)

  
 Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/David Amram discusses Jack Kerouac in an exclusive interview with Jerry Jazz Musician
Amram is also known as the musical collaborator of the great mid-century American author Jack Kerouac, whose book On the Road is considered to be the artistic soul of the 1950's.
Their work together blended poetry, jazz, blues, theatre and what is now considered performance art into an unforgettably intoxicating stew that became a life-changing experience for the many thousands of people who witnessed it.
Amram was a collaborator with the rest of the greats till now.
www.jerryjazzmusician.com /mainHTML.cfm?page=amram.html   (4632 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Amram ben Scheschna (Judaism, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Amram ben Scheschna[am´ram, shesh´nA] Pronunciation Key or Amram Gaon[gA´On] Pronunciation Key, d.
He is chiefly known as the author of the Seder Rab Amram, a compilation of the order of prayers for the whole year and the liturgical laws governing the ceremonial observances of all the holidays.
This book is the oldest surviving Jewish prayer book, serving as a basis for later compilations.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Amramben.html   (180 words)

  
 Yosi Amram || Home
It’s a question of who you want to be.” That is why most of the Fortune 100 CEOs utilize a personal coach.
As a CEO, I have known and relied on Yosi Amram’s input and counsel for over 6 years.
As a former CEO, he knows the territory and has been through the ups and downs himself.
www.yamram.com   (1217 words)

  
 David Amram
Amram has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber works, written two operas, and early in his career wrote many scores for theatre and films, including "Splendor in the Grass" and "The Manchurian Candidate." He plays French horn, piano, guitar, numerous flutes and whistles, percussion and many folkloric instruments from 25 countries.
David Amram was a close friend and collaborator of Jack Kerouac, with whom Amram played at the now famous first-ever jazz-poetry event in 1957 at the Brata Art Gallery on East 10th Street in New York City.
Amram and Kerouac continued to collaborate, including readings at the Circle In The Square and in the Kerouac-narrated film, "Pull My Daisy." Kerouac also helped Amram with his 1964 cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra, "A Year In Our Land," which included excerpts from Kerouac's The Lonesome Traveler.
www.jazzforumarts.org /Amram.htm   (495 words)

  
 Amram Jam
David Amram, the world-renowned composer, musician and conductor described by the Boston Globe as "the Renaissance man of American Music," will be honored at a fund-raising concert, entitled "AMRAM JAM," being held at 8:00 PM, Saturday, January 8, 2000, at the Tarrytown Music Hall in Tarrytown, NY.
The event is being staged by Amram's friends and professional associates in order to raise funds to help re-build the Amram farm house in Putnam Valley, NY, most of which was destroyed in a fire which began at 5 PM on Monday, October 18, 1999.
The Amram home was not insured and the family now has to re-build from scratch.
www.jazzforumarts.org /amramjam.htm   (708 words)

  
 Amram Photo Gallery
Amram, along with the late Julius Watkins has been a pioneer of jazz french horn since the late forties.
The Longest Walk: David Amram (far left) joined other major performers and entertainers at the historic 1978 concert at the National Armory in Washington D.C. celebrating the conclusion of "The Longest Walk," a six-month march across America be Native American Indians demanding improved human rights for American Indians.
Amram conducted the Kansas City Symphony and Cosby was the featured performer.
www.redhotpromotions.com /id43.htm   (282 words)

  
 Amram
Today, as he has for over fifty years, Amram continues to compose music while traveling the world as a conductor, soloist, bandleader, visiting scholar, and narrator in five languages.
Amram and his son live on their family farm in upstate New York, when not on tour.
If you are interested in scheduling a poetry reading or musical appearance featuring David Amram, or would like more information, please email us at info@redhotpromotions.us or fill out the BOOKINGS page on this web site.
www.redhotpromotions.us /id25.htm   (289 words)

  
 MilkenInstitute.Org > Events > > Speakers  >  Martha Amram   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Martha Amram is an author, speaker consultant and former CEO of Vocomo Software Corporation, which provides software and services for voice applications.
Amram is the author of Value Sweep: Mapping Corporate Growth Opportunities, and co-author of Real Options: Managing Strategic Investment in an Uncertain World.
Amram is widely published, with recent articles in Harvard Business Review, Strategic Finance and Journal of Applied Corporate Finance.
www.milkeninstitute.org /events/events.taf?function=show&cat=allconf&EventID=GC03&SPID=1029&level1=speakers&level2=bio&ID=26   (198 words)

  
 David Amram
For the past twenty-seven seasons, Amram has been the music director of young people's, family, and free summer concert programs for the Brooklyn Philharmonic.
David Amram has appeared on national TV four times with Willie Nelson for Farm Aid, many times with the late Dizzy Gillespie, as well as numerous interviews, including David Letterman, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Charles Karalt, and CBS Sunday Morning.
Long acknowledged as a pioneer of World Music, virtuoso, performer, brilliant conductor and composer of uncompromising originality since the 1950's, David Amram's compositions and his unique approach to music are now finding a.
www153.pair.com /bensav/Compositeurs/Amram.D.html   (562 words)

  
 SAB, Exodus, Chapter 6
(6:16, 18, 20) Levi, Kohath, and Amram join the long list of biblical characters with ridiculously long lives (137, 133, and 137 years, respectively).
6:18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
www.skepticsannotatedbible.com /ex/6.html   (957 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Amram Rasiel
This summary was automatically generated using 15 references found on the Internet.
Amram Rasiel became a director of PRI in 1982.
He is a director of Progress Software Corporation, a provider of application development software, and of a number of privately held companies.
www.zoominfo.com /Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=1573705   (378 words)

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