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Gershon Sirota
… greatly impressed by the young man’s talent and helped to promote Sirota when possible. Just as Gershon began to gain … day, the “WAHRHEIT” reported: 'Carnegie Hall was packed from top to bottom. The crowds which remained outside were …
Johanna L. Spector
… of different Jewish musical cultures, including music from Iraqi, Persian, Yemenite, and Indian cultures. She … Spector also assembled a collection of musical instruments from across the Middle East. Sources: Shiloah, Amnon. …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… work for hazzan and choir, 'Moh Oshiv,' a selection from the Hallel. In 1909, at the age of 21, Weisser began his … States, at which point he officially changed his surname from Pilderwasser to Weisser. In order to establish himself … in Brooklyn. Weisser's last active period as a hazzan was from 1944-1950, when he officiated High Holiday and Passover …
Efraim Di-Zahav (Goldstein)
… Abraham Moshe Goldstein, a cantor who immigrated to Israel from Odessa, and who was a pupil of the renowned cantor … Miron ) for the first time on Radio Palestine. Sources: From Akiva Zimmerman's biography of Di-Zahav, in Renanot's …
Yeruham Blindman
… many arrangements for liturgical music using melodies from Jewish folk songs. … Cantor & composer … Cantorate … …
Nissan Blumenthal
… his study of German classical music, he adapted melodies from the composers, Handel, Haydn, Cherubini, and Mendelssohn …
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
… of piano performance. He received a degree in composition from the Liceo Musicale of Bologna in 1918, studying under … through the arts, Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s music was banned from the radio and all of his concerts were canceled. He left …
Mikhail Gnesin
… the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Unlike other musicians from the Society, Gnesin decided to return to Russia to take … was founded by his sisters Yelena, Yevgeniya and Mariya. From 1935 to 1944, he also taught at the Leningrad … appeared in my works.” Some of the most distinguished work from his “Jewish” period includes: the operas, The Youth of …
Mordekhai Hershman
… (for free) on behalf of the 'Chernikhover Relief Fund'. From an early age Hershman was a child singer in several … to Zaludkowski (who probably received information directly from Hershman), Hershman sang as meshorer with Zeidel Rovner … Berdychiv (Yiddish: Barditshev) and when his voice changed from alto to tenor he joined the choir of Nissi Belzer …
Pinhas Jassinowsky
… Pinhas Jassinowsky was born in Romanovka, a small town outside of Kiev , Ukraine . …