Abraham Zevi Idelsohn

Abraham Zevi Idelsohn
אַבְרָהָם צְבִי אידלסון
Idelsohn in 1912
Born(1882-06-11)11 June 1882
Feliksberg,
Courland Governorate,
Russian Empire
(now Jūrkalne, Ventspils, Latvia)
Died14 August 1938(1938-08-14) (aged 56)
Johannesburg,
Transvaal Province,
Union of South Africa
(now in Gauteng,
Republic of South Africa)
CitizenshipSouth African
Occupationsethnomusicologist, composer
SpouseTzilla Idelsohn
RelativesJoel Goodman Joffe
(maternal grandson)

Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם צְבִי אידלסון Avrohom Tzvi Idelsohn in Ashkenazi Hebrew; middle name also rendered Tzvi, Zvi, Zwi, or Zebi; June 11, 1882 – August 14, 1938) was a prominent Jewish ethnomusicologist and composer, who conducted several comprehensive studies of Jewish music around the world.

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