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Slonimsky Uyezd,
Slonimsky is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname popular among people of Belarusian, Polish and Russian people of Jewish origin. Originated from Polish Słonimski (feminine: Słonimska, plural: Słonimscy), derived from the adjectival form for the city of Słonim. Notable persons with this surname include the following: *Antoni Słonimski: Polish poet * Piotr Słonimski: Polish-French geneticist *Hayyim Selig Slonimski: Hebrew publisher, astronomer, inventor, and science author (known as Zinovy Slonimsky in Russia) *Janina Konarska-Słonimska: Polish artist * Ludvig Slonimsky: Russian economist, journalist and editor, son of Hayyim Selig (Zinovy) Slonimski * Mikhail Slonimsky: Soviet writer; younger brother of Nicolas Slonimsky *Nicolas Slonimsky: Russian-American musicologist and music critic *Sergei Slonimsky: Russian composer, son of Mikhail Slonimsky A surname with a similar meaning is Slonim: * Anthony Slonim: American author, physician and healthcare executive *Mark Slonim: Russian po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkenazi
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim) form a distinct subgroup of the Jewish diaspora, that Ethnogenesis, emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium Common era, CE. They traditionally speak Yiddish, a language that originated in the 9th century, and largely migrated towards Northern Europe#UN geoscheme classification, northern and eastern Europe during the late Middle Ages due to Antisemitism in Europe, persecution. Hebrew was primarily used as a Literary language, literary and sacred language until its 20th-century Revival of the Hebrew language, revival as a common language in Israel. Ashkenazim adapted their traditions to Europe and underwent a transformation in their interpretation of Judaism. In the late 18th and 19th centuries, Jews who remained in or returned to historical German lands experienced a cultural reorientation. Under the influence of the Haskalah and the struggle for emancipation, as well as the intellec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Slonimsky
Sergei Mikhailovich Slonimsky (; 12 August 1932 – 9 February 2020) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and musicologist. Biography He was the son of the Soviet writer Mikhail Slonimsky and nephew of the Russian-American composer Nicolas Slonimsky. He studied at the Musical College in Moscow from 1943 until 1950. From 1950 Slonimsky was at the Leningrad Conservatory. He studied composition under Boris Arapov, Vissarion Shebalin and Orest Yevlakhov, polyphony under Nicolai Uspensky and piano under Anna Artobolevskaya, Samari Savshinsky and Vladimir Nielsen. Slonimsky was a professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. While the majority of his students were Russian, Slonimsky taught a large percentage of the international composition students at the Conservatory from countries including: Colombia, Korea, China, Italy, Germany, Israel, Iran and the United States. Among Slonimsky's notable students is Daniel Kidane. Slonimsky died in Saint Petersburg on 9 Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish-language Surnames
Polish (, , or simply , ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic subgroup, within the Indo-European language family, and is written in the Latin script. It is primarily spoken in Poland and serves as the official language of the country, as well as the language of the Polish diaspora around the world. In 2024, there were over 39.7 million Polish native speakers. It ranks as the sixth-most-spoken among languages of the European Union. Polish is subdivided into regional dialects. It maintains strict T–V distinction pronouns, honorifics, and various forms of formalities when addressing individuals. The traditional 32-letter Polish alphabet has nine additions (, , , , , , , , ) to the letters of the basic 26-letter Latin alphabet, while removing three (x, q, v). Those three letters are at times included in an extended 35-letter alphabet. The traditional set comprises 23 consonants and 9 written vowels, including two nasal vowels (, ) denoted by a reversed diacritic hook ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Toponymic Surnames
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated, as Judaism is their ethnic religion, though it is not practiced by all ethnic Jews. Despite this, religious Jews regard converts to Judaism as members of the Jewish nation, pursuant to the long-standing conversion process. The Israelites emerged from the pre-existing Canaanite peoples to establish Israel and Judah in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. John Day (2005), ''In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel'', Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 47.5 8'In this sense, the emergence of ancient Israel is viewed not as the cause of the demise of Canaanite culture but as its upshot'. Originally, Jews referred to the inhabitants of the kingdom of JudahCf. Marcus Jastrow's ''Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Talmud Yerushalmi and Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surnames Of Jewish Origin
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. Compound sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slonimsky's Earbox
''Slonimsky's Earbox'' is an orchestral work written in 1996 by American composer John Adams. The world premiere was given by the Halle Orchestra, conducted by Kent Nagano on September 11, 1996 as part of the opening night celebrations for Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. The piece is based on Igor Stravinsky's work '' Le chant du rossignol'', as Adams was drawn to the modal harmonies that Stravinsky employed. It is a step toward integrating standard minimalist techniques with a more complex contrapuntal style. It is approximately 13 minutes in length. Adams wrote the piece in tribute to his friend, the Russian-American composer, critic and musicologist Nicolas Slonimsky, who had recently died. Slonimsky, the long-time editor of ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians,'' was the author of ''The Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns,'' a book of which Adams has made frequent use. Adams describes Slonimsky as "a character of mind-boggling ability", and says that ''Slonim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slonim (Hasidic Dynasty)
Slonim is a Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic List of Hasidic dynasties, dynasty originating in the town of Slonim, which is now in Belarus. Today, there are two Slonimer factions. Slonim, based in Jerusalem, and the Slonim community in Bnei Brak. They are two distinct groups today, and have many differences between them. The first Rebbe of Slonim, Rabbi Avraham Weinberg (1804–1883), was the author of ''Yesod HaAvodah''. In 1873, he sent a group of his grandchildren and other Hasidim to settle in History of Palestine#Ottoman period, Ottoman Palestine; they set up their community in Tiberias. Almost all of the Slonimer Hasidim in Europe perished at the hands of the Nazism, Nazis in the The Holocaust, Holocaust. The present-day Slonimer community was rebuilt from the Slonimer Hasidim who had settled in Israel. Outline of Slonimer dynasty Spiritual legacy * Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism :* Rabbi Dovber of Mezeritch, Dov Ber, the Maggid (Preacher) of Mezhirichi, Mezer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Véra Nabokov
Véra Yevseyevna Nabokova (née Slonim, ; 5 January 1902 – 7 April 1991) was the wife, editor, and translator of Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov, and a source of inspiration for many of his works. Early life and immigration Born Vera Yevseyevna Slonim in Saint Petersburg into a Jewish family, the second of three daughters born to Slava Borisovna (''née'' Feigin) and Yevsey Lazarevich Slonim. Yevsey was a lawyer, and successful in the tile and timber businesses, among others. With the turmoil of World War I and the Russian Revolution, the family moved to Moscow, and after fleeing through Kyiv, Odessa, Istanbul, and Sofia, arrived in Berlin, where they joined the large Russian émigré population. Marriage to Nabokov In Berlin, Yevsey Slonim co-founded a publishing firm, Orbis, and Véra worked in the office. Amis, Martin. '' Visiting Mrs Nabokov: And Other Excursions''. pages 115-118. Penguin Books (1993) printed 1994. Vladimir Nabokov, who was considering translating Dos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menucha Rochel Slonim
''Rebbetzin'' Menucha Rochel Slonim (1798–1888) was a daughter of the Mitteler Rebbe (Rabbi Dovber Schneuri), the second Rebbe of the Chabad Hasidism, Hasidic dynasty. She is regarded a matriarch to the Chabad dynasty as well as History of the Jews in Hebron, Hebron's Jewish population in general. Origin of name Rebbetzin Slonim was born on the 19 Kislev, 5559 AM (27 November 1798), the same day her grandfather, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi was released from imprisonment in S. Petersburg. Her father chose the name Menucha because in Hebrew the word "''menucha''" means "peace and quiet". He said, "Henceforth we shall have a little Menucha."Days in Chabad:Historic Events in the Dynasty of Chabad-Lubavitch, Brooklyn, 2002, p.70-71, 133-135 She was named Rochel after an aunt that died in her youth. Her husband's last name was originally Griver, a descendant of Rabbi Moses Isserles, the Rema; they chose to change it to Slonim (name), Slonim (this was when it was still easy to chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
