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Yetta Zwerling
… employee in a fruit business, while at the same time was a klezmer. She learned in a cheder, and through her sisters … 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 …
Mickey Katz
… Meyer Myron 'Mickey' Katz was an American musician and comedian who specialized in Jewish humor. Katz … known for his parodies, but he created more traditional klezmer music as well. Although he was primarily a jazz musician, all of his parodies have a distinct klezmer flavor, either throughout the piece or as a short …
Harry Kandel
… clarinetist and bandleader, one of the pioneers of modern klezmer music. He ran an orchestra which consisted of a variety of … : Harry Kandel's Orchestra - Yekatarislaver Bulgar: … Klezmer clarinetist & bandleader … 0 … American Klezmer …
Avram Moyshe Kholodenko
… Avram Moyshe Kholodenko, also known as 'Pedoster,' was a Klezmer bandleader from Berdichev (Ukranian city southwest … compositions have been featured in contemporary Klezmer recordings, such as Budowitz's Mother Tongue (1997) and Khevrisa's European Klezmer Music (2000). … Klezmer bandleader … Avram Moyshe Kholodenko …
Joseph Moskowitz
… the twentieth century. He was a descendant of a family of klezmer musicians and was among the most well-known American … Moskowitz ' in YouTube. … Tsimbalist & composer … 0 … Klezmer … Cymbalom … Joseph Moskowitz …
Sam Musiker
… career spanned both jazz and klezmer music. He is best known as the musical director of the … For recordings see at The National Library site . … Klezmer clarinetist and saxophonist … Clarinetist … Jazz … …
Mark Isakovich Rabinovich
… of the Russian Empire; now Brusilov, Ukraine). He studied music under the guidance of his grandfather, the klezmer violinist and composer Israel-Moishe Rabinovich. In … … 0 … Conductor … Violinist … Jewish music … Folk music … Klezmer … Mark Isakovich Rabinovich …
Abraham Ber Birnbaum
… to a Hassidic family in Pultusk, Poland. He was exposed to music as a young child while accompanying his father on … Rabbis of Kutsk and Ger, where Abraham would hear Hassidic music. Although he was considered an Illui in Talmud, … cantor Leizerke, as well as by studying violin with a local Klezmer and playing at Hassidic gatherings. His father did …
Joseph Michael Gusikow
… Musician. Born in Shklov , Belorussia to a fam il y of … in Leipzig. He is considered by some to be the most famous Klezmer player of all time, and he is one of the first known …
Israel Rabinovitch
… Born in Byten, Russia, acquired his first musical knowledge from home and from playing in a Klezmer band. Immigrated to Canada in 1911 where he … Library Website . … Editor and writer … Writer … Editor … Klezmer … Music … Jewish … Israel Rabinovitch …