Joel (or Yoel) Engel (Russian: Юлий Дмитриевич (Йоэль) Энгель, Yuliy Dmitrievich (Yoel) Engel, 1868—1927) was a music critic, composer and one of the leading figures in the Jewish art music movement. Born in Russia, and later moving to Berlin and then to Palestine, Engel has been called "the true founding father of the modern renaissance of Jewish music."
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16 April 1868 Berdiansk, Ukraine
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Died |
11 February 1927 (aged 58) Tel Aviv, Israel
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Zodiac | Aries |
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