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Richard Rodgers
… Richard Charles Rodgers was an American-Jewish composer, known largely for his work in musical theater. He was one of the most significant American … Press, 1998. Rodgers' discography is available here. … Jewish American musical theater & film score composer … …
Jennie Goldstein
… performers, produced as part of Joel Rubin and Rita Ottens' Jewish Music Series for Wergo. Click here for Goldstein's extensive biography on the Jewish Women's Archive website. Photo courtesy of the …
Joel Walbe
… Ukraine ). As a boy, his education was standard for wealthy Jewish families in Russia. He first studied Torah in the … teachers. Shalom Walbe, Joel's father, was a wealthy Jewish merchant and a Gabbai. He kept a secluded Jewish … his business and his way of life. He rejected young Joel's musical interests, and considered the study of music and …
Paul Ben-Haim
… The most prolific of the founding fathers of Israeli music (excluding, perhaps , Marc Lavry ), he wrote over 250 … his colleague Peter Gradenwitz (his publisher, well-known musicologist). Among Ben-Haim’s other notable works are his …
Salcia Weinberg
Salcia Weinberg (Shure Licht) was born in 1878 in Przemysl, Austro-Hungarian Galicia.…
Frida Zibel-Goldstein
Frida Zibel was a Yiddish actress. She performed at Galicia and America.
Frida Zibel…
Yetta Zwerling
… in Yiddish vaudeville. Then she acted for four years in musical comedy under the leadership of Leon Errol, and then … theatre. Her deceased sister Bessie had performed in music halls.Zwerling's children Artie, Sidney and Albert …
Nissan Spivak
… vocal handicap that led him to develop original synagogue music in which the choir, instead of being merely an … and Jacob Beimel . Spivak is considered as a genius in Jewish music, and many of his compositions became famous … Judaica; Nulman, Macy. Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music. See also ' Nissan Spivak' at the National …
Reuben Rinder
… he moved to the United States and pursued his study of Jewish liturgical music. In 1910, Rinder held a cantorial position at Temple … Reuben Rinder was influential in shaping 20th-century Jewish musical culture. Through insights from the Rinder …
Zalman Zylbercweig
… with his family, where he enrolled in a modern religious Jewish school. Zylbercweig continued his secondary education … articles, adaptations of novels, and reviews of books, music, and Yiddish theater. In 1922, Zylbercweig began to … States for research purposes. Zylbercweig traveled to Jewish communities around the world to document their …