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Leon Blank
… When Blank was just a boy, his family moved to Romania, where he began singing in a local Synagogue choir. Even from …
Alexander Olshanetsky
… (today in China), and conducted a Yiddish theater group there. In 1922, Olshanetsky immigrated to the U.S. and worked …
Herman Wohl
… For full biography (Milken Archive) click here . … Composer of Yiddish theater music … 0 … Composer … …
Moshe Nathanson
… the elementary division of the Ezra School in Jerusalem, where Abraham Z. Idelsohn was the director of the choir. … popular today. In 1922, Nathanson immigrated to Canada, where he studied Law and Music at McGill University. … to his involvement with the Bureau’s summer camp, Achvah, where he served as the musical director for many years. …
Aaron Lebedeff
… in 1873. As a young adult, he often appeared in Warsaw, where he began his career on stage. He was nicknamed “Litvak … Red Cross troupes. Finally in 1920 he moved to New York, where he became one of the leading actors for Boris … he made a guest appearance at New York's National Theatre, where on April 9, 1930 he staged Kalmanovitsh's Motke fun …
Louis Gilrod
… For full biography in Milken Archive, Click Here … Composer & lyricist of Yiddish theater music … 0 … …
Harry Von Tilzer
… was still strong. A year later, he left home for Chicago, where he became an actor, pianist and composer in a small … The songs were: 'The Mansion of Aching Hearts;' 'Down Where the Wurzburger Flows;' 'On a Sunday Afternoon;' 'Please Go 'Way and Let Me Sleep;' 'Down Where the Cotton Blossoms Grow;' 'Alexander Don't You Love …
Jerome Kern
… in Heidelberg, Germany, eventually settling in London, where he began writing songs for British musical hall …
Dave Tarras
… at National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) website, click here . Obituary in the New York Times , click here . Dave Tarras discography availabe at Discogs, click here . … Klezmer clarinetist … Clarinet … Clarinetist … …
Richard Rodgers
… ' Richard Rodgers ' in Wikipedia. Secrest, Meryle. Somewhere For Me: A Biography of Richard Rodgers. New York: … University Press, 1998. Rodgers' discography is available here. … Jewish American musical theater & film score …