Creator Bio
Neil W. Levin
b. 1946
Born in the Chicago area, Neil W. Levin is a professor of Jewish music and music history, serving on the faculty at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Known for his work as a choral conductor and composer, Levin also has served as the artistic director of the Milken Archive since 1993, and was granted the Deems Taylor Award in 2004.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Hatikva
In 1947, when Kurt Weill’s orchestral arrangement of Hatikva received its world premiere in New York, it was still—as it had been for decades—the anthem of the modern Zionist movement, expressing the…