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Gideon Klein
… life of the ghetto. Although basic resources such as instruments and sheet music were scarce in Theresienstadt, … 3, 1942. In 1942, Klein was appointed the head of the Instrumental Music department in the Administration of Free Time … officials in Theresienstadt. As part of his role as Instrumental Music Director, Klein gave regular solo and chamber …
Hans Krása
… Variations,” and Chamber music for Cembalo and Seven Instruments . Krása arrived in Terezín on April 10, 1942 and …
Rafael Schächter
… Rafael Schächter was born May 27, 1905, in Braila (Rumania). After World War I, Schächter moved to Brno, where … transports in 1941. Due to the lack of resources (i.e. instruments and scores), early musical activity took the form of …
Karel Ančerl
… to assemble the camp's first string orchestra. Although instruments were scarce in Terezín, he managed to organize an …
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
… indeed.” One of Hershkowitz's greatest hits was the song, “Rumkowski Chaim,” a mocking critique of the ghetto’s Elder … Hershkowitz composed another popular song about Chaim Rumkowiski entitled, “Long live Chairman Chaim.” Hershkowitz … singer & entertainer in the Lodz ghetto … Lodz … Ghetto … Rumkowski … Chaim … street performer … Satire … Auschwitz … …
Neil Levin
… Judaically related musical subjects spanning a broad spectrum of traditions, his particular areas of focus embrace …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… songs, film and video scores, signature tunes, and instrumental work include the international mega hit 'Tzena … WQXR described Miron's work in the rejuvenation of the instrumental Klezmer music as a 'marvelous achievement.' His …
Atzilut
… Bruce Kaminsky, Elliot Levin, and Michael Moss (instrumentalists). … Ensemble … Atzilut …
Sigmund Mogulesko
… hazzanim. As a young adult, he moved to Bucharest, Rumania in order to study at the Conservatory of Music. … Mogulesko decided to start his own theater and founded the Rumanian Opera House on Manhattan's Lower East Side. In …
Anshel Schorr
… theater’s most renowned actors and composers such as Joseph Rumshinsky , Sholom Secunda , Abe Ellstein , Arnold … operetta Shir Hashirim , with music composed by Joseph Rumshinsky, was premiered at the Thalia Theater on October … its premiere. Following the success of the premiere, Rumshinsky supposedly boasted that the operetta was, “the …