December 20, 2002 • Page Image 59
…A Hero Of Jewish Music N RAHEL MUSLEAH Special to the Jewish News ever heard of Salamone Rossi? A contemporary of Renaissance musical inno- vator Claudio Monteverdi, and a court musician in Mantua, Rossi (ca. 1570- 1628) was the first Jewish composer to use Western harmonies to illuminate Jewish texts. "Rossi qualifies as the first impor- tant Jewish composer of art music since King David — and that's no exaggeration," says Rossi expert Dr...…

















































