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Israel Lovy
Israel Lovy was born in a town near Danzig in 1773. He received his formal Jewish…
Myer Leoni
Myer Leoni began his musical career as an opera singer in England. In 1767 he took a…
Marc Lavry
Marc Lavry was born in Riga, Latvia and received his formal musical education at the…
Velvel Pasternak
The JMRC mourns the passing of Velvel Pasternak, scholar of Hassidic music and founder…
Alexander A. Krein
Alexander Krein was born in the Staraya Ruza region of Moscow in 1883. He and his five…
Moshe Koussevitsky
Moshe Koussevitsky was born in Smorgon, Poland, the eldest of four brothers who all…
Samuel Alman
Samuel Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education…
Emanuel Aguilar
Emanuel Aguilar, brother of author Grace Aguilar, was born in London in 1824. He…
Joseph Achron
Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania. His musical genius…
Ya'akov Orland
Yaacob Orland was born in 1914 in Tetiev, Ukraine, to Eliezer and Batya Orland. In 1919…