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Aaron Lebedeff

… is Lebedeff’s hit 'Die Grine Kusine,' composed by Abe Schwartz and Hyman Prizant, and published by J. and J. Kammen. …

Louis Gilrod

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… in 1907, after which he was recruited to join Maurice Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theater Company. Muni often performed at the Second … Angry Man . Paul Muni passed away on August 25, 1967 of heart failure. … Yiddish theater, Broadway & Hollywood film …

Harry Von Tilzer

… at this point that he adopted the stage name Von Tilzer, an artistic embellishment of his mother’s maiden name Tilzer. … first to position of staff songwriter and then junior partner. Tilzer's next big hit came in 1900 with 'A Bird in A Gilded Cage,' lyrics written by Arthur Lamb. That same year, Tilzer released another hit …

Jerome Kern

… nearly two million copies. From 1915 to 1919, Kern and partner Guy Bolton wrote music for a series of shows at …

Dave Tarras

… century. Additional biography, at National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) website, click here . Obituary in the New York …

Regina Prager

… 's Shulamis ; and several songs on the album, World Famous Artists Sing Oldies Of The Yiddish Theatre . Prager …

Jennie Goldstein

… composers, such as Molly Picon , Isador Lillian, Abe Schwartz , and Abe Ellstein . In 1938, Goldstein made her film … to female Yiddish theater performers, produced as part of Joel Rubin and Rita Ottens' Jewish Music Series for …

Joel Walbe

… 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 … of his musical studies in Vienna , Walbe began composing art music in the early 1940's. His first compositions of …