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Joel Walbe
… his business and his way of life. He rejected young Joel's musical interests, and considered the study of music and … to Israel), Walbe boarded a ship to Palestine , as part of a group of the Halutz (Pioneer) movement. While … returned in 1937 to complete his degree and receive his artist's diploma. After his studies in Vienna, Walbe …
Yetta Zwerling
… in Yiddish vaudeville. Then she acted for four years in musical comedy under the leadership of Leon Errol, and then … on the Yiddish radio and sings comical songs and also participated in several movie plays and Yiddish plays. … Bessie had performed in music halls.Zwerling's children Artie, Sidney and Albert have acted together with her in …
Reuben Rinder
… United States and pursued his study of Jewish liturgical music. In 1910, Rinder held a cantorial position at Temple … Rinder was influential in shaping 20th-century Jewish musical culture. Through insights from the Rinder papers … 2017. [Photo credit: ' The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, Berkeley'] … …
Zalman Zylbercweig
… In addition to his editorial duties, he published political articles, adaptations of novels, and reviews of books, music, and Yiddish theater. In 1922, Zylbercweig began to …
Zalmen Mlotek
… Zalmen Mlotek is an American conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer, and the Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene … figure in the Jewish theatre and concert worlds. As the Artistic Director of the NYTF for the past twenty years, …
Mickey Katz
… Meyer Myron 'Mickey' Katz was an American musician and comedian who specialized in Jewish humor. Katz … for his parodies, but he created more traditional klezmer music as well. Although he was primarily a jazz musician, all of his parodies have a distinct klezmer …
Joseph Moskowitz
… was an American cimbalom player, and a recording artist in New York City during the first half of the … century. He was a descendant of a family of klezmer musicians and was among the most well-known American … He had a wide repertoire which included not only Jewish music but also Romanian, classical, and ragtime music. Full …
Haim Effendi
… In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime, very few details about the … characterized by an exposure to Western culture (most particularly French), to liberal trends in Judaism … sources and “Sephardized” them, i.e. rendered them in his particular style. Secondly, he commanded repertoires of …
Eliakum Zunser
… He was the first badhan to have a rudimentary knowledge of music. By his personal qualities he raised the profession of … Its theme was the joy of returning to plow the Jewish earth in the Holy Land. Zunser himself hoped to settle in the … 1 2009. Nulman, Macy. Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975. ' …
Emanuel Amiran (Pougatchov)
… fundamentals of Jewish culture. In Russia, Amiran began his music studies with Joel Engel and Prof. David Shor. In 1921, … Later, Amiran moved to Tel Aviv where he taught music at various schools and seminaries. He ended this work in 1934 when he departed for London to study at the Trinity College of Music, …