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Jacques Offenbach
… works. The late 1850’s and early 1860’s issued a period of great productivity for Offenbach with debuts of his two-act …
David Roitman
… as a cantor in St. Petersburg (1912-1917) and achieved great esteem both in the local Jewish community and across …
Isaac Schlossberg
… for the USA, he was for a short time choir director of the Great Warsaw Synagogue. His wife, Sonya, and two daughters, …
Edward Stark
… in his collection Sefer Anim Zmirot (1909-1913). Stark greatly increased the scope of Emanu-El's choir, and was one …
Jacob Samuel Maragowsky (Zeidel Rovner)
… many works for cantor, chorus and orchestra which won him great fame. Some of his works are still performed today. …
Moishe Oysher
… collaborating on several occasions with Yiddish music greats, The Barry Sisters, and Abe Ellstein . Oysher passed …
Boris Thomashefsky
… as well as his involvement as a producer and manager, greatly helped to shape the nature of the Yiddish Theater in …
Gideon Klein
… Vránek. When the risk of appearing publicly became too great, Klein relocated his performances to the private homes …
Rafael Schächter
… of Verdi's Requiem , despite heavy deportations that greatly depleted members of his chorus. In 1944, he was …
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
… was considered “a tidy wage indeed.” One of Hershkowitz's greatest hits was the song, “Rumkowski Chaim,” a mocking …