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Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent…
Simon Shaheen
Simon Shaeen is a Palestinian- American oud and violin player and composer.
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Hugo Adler
Hugo Adler was born in Antwerp, Belgium. He sang in the choir of Yossele Roenblatt in…
Ernest Bloch
Swiss born American Composer Ernest Bloch was born on July 24, 1880 in Geneva,…
Joseph Achron
Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania. His musical genius…
Sholom Secunda
Sholom Secunda was born on August 23, 1894 in Alexandria, a small town in the Kherson…
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
Joshua Samuel Weisser (Pilderwasser) was born in 1888 in Novaya Ushitsa, Ukraine. As a…
Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce (birth name Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) was born in New York City in 1904.…
Richard Tucker
Richard Tucker was born in New York, U.S.A. In addition to his work as Hazzan, he was a…