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Joel Rubin
… Joel Rubin is an American clarinetist, Klezmer musician, Ethnomusicologist, and scholar of Jewish music. Since becoming … made many recordings of the music. Many of Rubn's academic articles are available on Academia.edu. Biographies: Joel …
Isadore Freed
… States and settled in Philadelphia , PA. Freed studied music formally at the University of Pennsylvania, where he … and Piano, a Suite for Viola and Piano, his first String Quartet, and a Rhapsody for Clarinet, String Quartet, and Piano. The Rhapsody was performed three more …
Frederick Piket
… Frederick Piket was born in Hungary, and received his formal musical education in Europe. He was a successful secular music composer and conductor for several decades before … at Hebrew Union College, and served on the faculty of the Hartt School of Music and New York University. Piket valued …
David Beyglman
… Ostrowiec (Kielce province of Poland). Beyglman began his musical education at a young age, studying several … were deported to the Lodz ghetto in the northern Baluty quarter of the city. The ghetto was officially sealed on April … early years of the war and of ghetto life, and new forms of musical and theatrical expression were adapted to the harsh …
Julius Chajes
… 1933. One year later he was appointed head of the piano department at the Beit L'viyim Music Academy of Tel Aviv. In 1934, a farewell recital in Vienna was held for Chajes, where his first string quartet (written at the age of 13) was performed, along with a …
Lazare Saminsky
… he became a founding member of the Society for Jewish Folk Music , working as its first secretary. During this period … and the piece Ch’siddish . In 1913 Saminsky was part of the 'An-ski' expedition in which he collected … cantillations, prayer chants, melodies, and other sacred musical traditions of the Georgian and Persian Jews in …
Gideon Klein
… At the age of twelve, Klein moved to Prague to study music and liberal arts at the Jirasek Gymnasium. While in Prague, he … of Jewish colleagues and friends. Klein’s commitment to the arts continued even after his deportation to Theresienstadt. …
Hans Krása
… to perform the piece. Again in 1913, Hans’ string quartet was performed by members of a spa orchestra in the … spent their summer vacations. Hans studied at the German Music Academy in Prague , after which he accepted a position … musicians, Krása often preferred to socialize and work in partnership with artists, writers and those involved in …
Emanuel Zamir
… songs, in general, for which he wrote both words and music, portray sceneries borrowed from the world of … He was also the commander of the National Base for the Arts. Following his discharge from military service in 1950, … a band that prepared a Hebrew folksong for performance. Apart from these small bands, Zamir also established a main …
Rafael Schächter
… War I, Schächter moved to Brno, where he began his formal musical studies. He continued his studies at the Prague … 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 …