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Mikhail Gnesin
Gnesin was born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical…
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Israel Meyer Japhet
Israel Meyer Japhet was born in Kassel, Germany. In 1853 he began working as choir…
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach was born in Cologne to father Isaac Offenbach, a local music teacher…
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
Zikmund Schul was born on January 11, 1916 in Kassell, Germany. Schul studied…
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
Yankele Hershkowitz, a tailor by trade, was a popular street performer in the Lodz…
Joseph Roman Cycowski
Cycowski was a singer of opera and popular music in Europe, and a cantor in the…
Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern was born on January 27, 1885 in New York City to parents Fanny and Henry…
Paul Ben-Haim
Paul Ben-Haim (Munich, 1897- Tel-Aviv, 1984, emigrated to Palestine in 1933) was the…
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Salcia Weinberg
Salcia Weinberg (Shure Licht) was born in 1878 in Przemysl, Austro-Hungarian Galicia.…
Shlomo Carlebach
Rabbi, composer and performer. Shlomo Carlebach was born in Berlin, Germany. In 1939, he…