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Isaac Offenbach

… was a noted composer of synagogue and secular music. The majority of his musical manuscripts are preserved, including …

Jacques Offenbach

… Madame Favart (1878) in London and La fille du tambour-major (1879) in Paris. During the last year of his life, …

Joseph Shlisky

… also appeared regularly on the radio, and in at least one major film—along with Rosenblatt, David Roitman , Joseph …

Isadore Freed

… He believed that the synagogue mode, unlike the Western major-minor scale system, was characterized by its …

Karel Ančerl

… flourished until October of 1944, when Ančerl and the majority of the musicians he conducted were deported to …

Shmerke Kaczerginski

… responsible for preserving over 250 Holocaust songs – the majority of those still known. Despite the enduring …

Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)

… He composed and performed satirical songs pertaining to major events and to figures of the ghetto. While not much is …

… 'as one of the top composers;” and by Ascap Today as, 'a major force in today's liturgical music.' Issachar Miron has … The Weavers with Pete Seeger on banjo, followed by other major performers such as Bing Crosby and Judy Garland, the …