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Rafael Schächter
… the first all-male cast cabaret variety show. The final song, “Terezín March,” became an instant hit, and was a … and in quality. The arrival of pianist Gideon Klein was particularly opportune; he arranged Czech, Slovak, Hebrew and … Operas for performance in Terezín, including Smetana's The Bartered Bride and The Kiss , and Mozart's The Marriage of …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… Chassidic Dances for viola and cello. He finished a three-part boys chorus, Ki tavoa al-ha’aretz (When you will go to … 1942, and an arrangement of Grundfeld’s melody for string quartet, Uv’tzeil K’nofecho (In the Shadow of your Wings) less … while interned in Terezín. For example, Schul composed the song Schicksal (Fate), for alto, flute, viola, and cello to …
Mordekhai Zeira
… who could sing a Hassidic Niggun and sing Russian Zionist songs,' [1] as explained by Zeira when asked about the … and music, was composed for a play that was performed at a party of this group. In 1929 Zeira joined the H artom Theater, which only staged one show. In the Theater, …
Yosef Hadar
… 'Notrim' police unit. During the War of Independence he participated in the Battle of Latrun and in Operation Hiram, … were Kata Ya'akov, Moshe Dafna and Prof. Shlomo Hoffman. Apart from his studies at school, Hadar took private lessons … an achievement award for his contribution to Israeli folk song as a composer and as a musical educator. The award was …
Pavel Haas
… known pieces, including, Study for Strings (1943) and Four Songs on Chinese Poetry (1944). His list of compositions … on Haas' style: such as the music of Janacek, Moravian folksong, Jewish chant, Medieval Chorale, Western European … Music Online , http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/12109 . [2] Lubomír Peduzzi, Ibid. … …
Karel Reiner
… works for orchestra, chorus, and piano, chamber music, and songs. He also composed incidental music for the avant-garde … for the music periodical Rytmus , and began to publish articles in a number of international music journals. … postwar years, Reiner focused his attention on composing songs with socialist themes such as: The Rocket with a Red …
Hirsch Glik
… forces in the Vilna ghetto was the underground Fareynigte Partizaner Organizatsye, of which Glik was a member. The FPO … involved in the cultural life of the Vilna ghetto. Many partisan writers, such as Glik, saw song writting as an effective way of promoting their cause, …
Aleksander Kulisiewicz
… A talented singer, songwriter and performer who composed 54 songs during more than five years of imprisonment … of the ghettos, concentration camps, and World War II partisan outposts: Aleksander Kulisiewicz ' United States …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… prison term. At the age of 15 he began publishing original songs and poetry, including Tates, mames, kinderlekh … he helped hide Jewish cultural works with Sutzkever as part of the Paper Brigade and joined the United Partisans Organisation, participating in the failed Vilna …
Leyb Rozental
… writers of revue theater in the Vilna ghetto. Many of his songs were written for and sung by his sister, Chayele. Rozental's songs were also sung and performed outside of the theater, particularly his revue song, 'Tsu eyns, tsvey, dray' (One, …