Dr. Galit Saada-Ophir (1971-2008) – An Inspiring Colleague

Authors

In memory of Dr. Galit Saada-Ophir (1971-2008)

Edwin Seroussi , Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Edwin Seroussi is Emanuel Alexandre Professor of Musicology and Director of the Jewish Music Research Center of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include Popular Music and National Culture in Israel (Univ. of California, 2004) (co-written with Motti Regev), Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue Music in Nineteenth-century Reform Sources from Hamburg: Ancient Tradition in the Dawn of Modernity (Jerusalem, 1996), and Cancionero sefardí by Alberto Hemsi (Jerusalem, 1995), and he has edited several CDs of Jewish music, among them Titgadal ve-titkadash betokh Yerushalayim - Jerusalem in Hebrew Prayers and Songs (Wergo, Berlin 1996) and Chants judéo-espagnols de la Mediterraneé orientale (Inedit, Paris 1994).