Gershon Kingsley
Born: 28th October 1922, Bochum, Germany
Died: 10th December 2019, New York, United States
Nationality: American, German
Gershon Kingsley was a German-American composer, a pioneer of electronic music and the Moog synthesizer, a partner in the electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, founder of the First Moog Quartet, and writer of rock-inspired compositions for Jewish religious ceremonies. Kingsley is most famous for his 1969 influential electronic instrumental composition "Popcorn".
Kingsley conducted and arranged many Broadway musicals, and he composed for film, television shows and commercials. His compositions were eclectic and vary between avant-garde and pop styles. Kingsley also composed classical chamber works, and his opera Raoul was premiered in Bremen, Germany in 2008.
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Tikkun Olam
Stephan Kalm, Douglas Cleveland, Angela Dailey, Adam Collins, Margaret Baldrige, Aneta Panusz, Barbara Blegen, University of Montana Chamber Chorale, Jennifer Cooper, Charlotte Kula, Arthur Ryan, Anne Basinski, Coreen Duffy
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Cantor David Berger, Joyce Rosenzweig
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Volume 19, Album 1 - Simon Sargon, Gershon Kingsley etc. | Musical Reflections of the Holocaust
Simon Sargon (piano), Stefan Reuss (cello), Kenneth Grant (clarinet), Carol Meyer (soprano), Bonita Boyd (flute), Robert Abelson (baritone), Barry Snyder (piano), Matthew Walley (baritone), Amy Goldstein (soprano), Milton Granger (piano), Larry Picard (bass-baritone), Sara Hewitt-Roth (cello), Robin Zeh (violin), Derek Bermel (clarinet), Mary Catherine George (soprano), Jorge Avila (violin), Liuh-Wen Ting (viola) Gershon Kingsley
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Volume 15, Album 2 - Klein & Kingsley | Jazz, Blues and Rock in the Service of God
Ron Carter (double bass), Grady Tate (drums), Herbie Hancock (piano), Harry Goz (narrator), Howard M. Stahl (cantor), Gershon Kingsley (synthesizer), Gordon Gottlieb (percussion), Lisa Vroman (soprano), Harvey Estrin (flute), Patrick Rebillot (piano), Danny Gottlieb (percussion), John Beal (double bass) Jonathan Klein Jazz Ensemble, Kingsley Singers
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