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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
… Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco received his formal musical education at the Istituto Musicale Cherubini in … in Los Angeles , where he landed a contract with MGM as a film composer. He worked for 15 years with several Hollywood studios, composing music for over 200 films. During his time working in Hollywood , he also …
Mordekhai Hershman
… El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout … Hershman’s voice was also heard in the screening of the film 'Shir Hashirim” an early Yiddish talkie, when it was presented at the “Metro” cinema theater in Warsaw. The film, based on the 1911 operetta of the same name with a …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… community took notice of Asher Mizrahi’s pleasant voice and musical talents, and he began to earn money working as a … El-Afrit, Shafia Rushdie and Dalila Masoud Achabib. The film company Pathè filmed a short movie, more like a clip, with Asher Mizrahi …
Sasha Argov
… half Argov began to study piano with his mother, who was a music teacher. Although Argov dabbled in composition as a … rhythm and meter. Argov was also a prolific composer of film and theater music. Some of his scores include: Rak lo beShabat (Never on Sundays) (film score), Esther hamalka (Queen Esther) (a musical), …
Joseph Shlisky
… a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves … and left it after a short time. He never thought about a musical career until, one day, he was singing at his sewing … appeared regularly on the radio, and in at least one major film—along with Rosenblatt, David Roitman , Joseph Shapiro, …
Moishe Oysher
… to act periodically. His best known roles were in the films The Cantor's Son (1937), The Singing Blacksmith … made numerous recordings of both secular and liturgical music, collaborating on several occasions with Yiddish music … New York at the age of 51. … Cantor, Yiddish theater & film actor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Karel Reiner
… 27, 1910 in Žatec (Western Bohemia). Reiner studied law and musicology at the Charles University in Prague, and … a talented pianist, dedicated to propagating contemporary music throughout Europe. Reiner concertized regularly and … compose symphonic and chamber works, and began to dabble in film music writing. Reiner died in Prague on October 17, …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… by Ascap Today as, 'a major force in today's liturgical music.' Issachar Miron has made a name for himself … of Dr. Michael Naida. His popular compositions, songs, film and video scores, signature tunes, and instrumental … multiple Gold and Silver Medals of the International Film and Television Festivals of New York . Robert Sherman …
Moshe Wilensky
… Hebrew instruction alongside general studies. Wilensky's musical talent emerged at four when he began playing the … Gamlielit on the Hametate stage. He also composed music for films produced by the Jewish National Fund ('Hakeren … Eres Negbi " ("Negev Lullaby"). Wilensky also composed for films like " Amud Haesh" ("The Pillar of Fire") and "Dan and …
Richard Newman
… and received a master's degree from the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1937 he emigrated with his family to the United … Army and Fought in Europe. After the war, he directed the musical education program for the allied forces in the … Later, as a composer, he collaborated with the UN Film Department. In the 1950s and 1960s he conducted the …