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Abraham Dunajewski
… for Sabbath. His melody for Av Horahamim has become popular throughout the world. … Rusian cantor … Abraham …
Boris Thomashefsky
… Although Thomashefsky was primarily associated with the popular commercial theater (schund), he made many important …
Hans Krása
… for performance in Terezín. The opera was overwhelmingly popular and was performed over 50 times during the years …
Rafael Schächter
… Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute . Schächter was a popular piano accompanist in Terezín; he performed in many …
Mordekhai Zeira
… society. A large part of these have become a loved asset, popular, and even 'taken for granted,' so much so, that we …
Yosef Hadar
… the 'duo composer.' He composed for many duo's that became popular in the fifties and sixties. Among the duo's that … established folk songs and constitute the core of the popular Israeli music genre. … Yosef Hadar was one of the …
Karel Reiner
… the Bagpiper , by Josef Kajetán Tyl. Perhaps the most popular production with Reiner’s incidental music was the …
Hirsch Glik
… glorifying the bravery of the partisans, Glik composed the popular song ‘Zog nit keynol as du geyst dem letstn veg’ … news of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. The song was based on a popular Soviet melody by composer Dimitri Pokrass. This song’s popularity extended far beyond the confines of the Vilna …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… – the majority of those still known. Despite the enduring popularity of many of his own works, and the importance of … composed songs during the war, many of which became popular, including Friling ('Springtime'), about his …
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
… Yankele Hershkowitz, a tailor by trade, was a popular street performer in the Lodz ghetto. He composed and … ghetto’s Elder (Judenälteste). Hershkowitz composed another popular song about Chaim Rumkowiski entitled, “Long live …