Before I encountered the biography of Salamone Rossi, one of Jewish musicians,
I never knew that there were any Jewish musicians in Late Renaissance, so it was
pleasing to read the book and learn new facts. As I was reading, I also discovered that
there were some Jewish musicians whom I have heard of, but never realized that they
were Jewish such as Ernest Bloch, Leonard Bernstein, and Mahler. I was surprised to
find that even one of my favorite composers, Mendelssohn, was Jewish-born, but
converted his origins because of discrimination against the Jews in Europe.
There were Jewish musicians before Salamone Rossi, but Rossi was the first of
them to leave a memorable imprint on European music history as a composer. Although
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