Amnon Shiloah z'l - Pioneering Musicologist

1928-2104

Dear Members and Friends:
 
I regret to announce that Amnon Shiloah, a pioneering musicologist in the field of Arab music, as well as in Jewish musical traditions and the music in Israel, died recently and was buried in Israel.  He was one of the greats: a prolific researcher and scholar, with literally hundreds of publications, many honors and awards.  Professor Shiloah was also a great mentor and shared his knowledge and talents with many in the field.  One of those, Dr. Amy Horowitz (Ohio State and Indiana Universities) who worked with him in several different capacities, writes the following:  

"Amnon Shiloah’s voluminous writings and media productions already resonate with future generations. He inhabited multiple identities and languages, Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, English and French among them. I am grateful for his masterful presentations of Muslim and Jewish (Jerusalemite) liturgical practitioners at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Sacred Sounds Program (1998), his guidance both on a radio series featuring Israeli and Palestinian artists (1985) and doctoral fieldwork (Mediterranean Israeli music, 1993) for which he served as a Lady Davis Fellowship advisor at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. His legacy as a cultural bridge has yet to be fully explored."

Further information and a complete biography can be found on the following link: http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/music/news/Pages/amnon-shiloah.aspx

Sincerely,
Michael Leavitt
President

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