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Nahum Nardi
… to his songs, Nardi also wrote incidental music for the theater. Several examples include the play Megilat Esther , which was performed at the Erets-Yisraeli Theater [4] of Gnessin , in 1928, and Bamitbakh by Shalom Aleikhem, performed at Habimah Theater in 1947. In the medium of art music, Nardi composed …
Sholom Secunda
… for a Shabbat service. Sholom got his start in Yiddish theater shortly after arriving to New York City. While his … he was contracted to lead services at the Thalia Theater on the Lower East Side. It was then that he came into contact with Yiddish Theater star David Kessler. After his soprano voice …
Mordekhai Hershman
… advertised morning liturgical services at the Ohel Shem theater led by the famous cantor Mordecai Hershman … Yiddish talkie, when it was presented at the “Metro” cinema theater in Warsaw. The film, based on the 1911 operetta of … … Ukraine … Synagogue music … American cantors … Yiddish Theater … Yiddish Films … Yiddish songs … Mordekhai Hershman …
Jacques Offenbach
… on 15th century Hebrew melodies, debuted at the Jardin Turc Theater. During the 1840’s Offenbach advanced his career … continued to submit his work to be staged by local Parisian theaters, but met with little success. In 1850 he took a … 1855, Offenbach rented the Théâtre Marigny, a small wooden theater in Champs Elysées. Offenbach officially opened the …
Isaac Schlossberg
… Destruction of Jerusalem') by the troupe of the Jewish theater Avrum-Olter Fishzon. Later, for several years, … he worked as a composer and conductor of the leading Jewish theaters: 'The Rock', 'Novosti', and the Kaminsky troupe. … wil azoy ' ('So Malvinka Wants') (1916) by the Pantheon Theater in Lublin; 'Di Shane Bertha ' ('Belle Bertha') …
Sasha Argov
… and meter. Argov was also a prolific composer of film and theater music. Some of his scores include: Rak lo beShabat …
David Beyglman
… he became the director of the Yitskhok Zanberg Yiddish Theater Company. In addition, he was affiliated with the Azazel and Ararat Yiddish Theaters centered in Lodz. In the winter of 1940, Begylman … In addition, there were many professional concerts and theater shows staged in the House of Culture and in the …
Moishe Oysher
… to Canada in 1921, where he joined a traveling Yiddish theater company. In 1932, he founded a Yiddish theater troupe in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After managing … New Rochelle, New York at the age of 51. … Cantor, Yiddish theater & film actor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Boris Thomashefsky
… Thomashefsky orchestrated an American tour for a Yiddish theater company based in London. The troupe, with … is commonly considered to be the beginning of Yiddish Theater in America. Although Thomashefsky was primarily associated with the popular commercial theater (schund), he made many important contributions that …
Gideon Klein
… in December of 1941, Klein continued to perform in small theaters throughout Prague under the pseudonym Karel Vránek. …