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Louis Gilrod
… Click Here … Composer & lyricist of Yiddish theater music … 0 … Louis Gilrod …
Harry Von Tilzer
… Gummblinksy), was born in Detroit in 1872. His passion for music became evident at an early age, and at fourteen he … an up-and-coming lyricist named Andrew B. Sterling. The two musicians became good friends and roomed together in a small … printer named William C. Dunn, who managed the Orphean Music Company. The song was an instant hit, and sold over …
Jerome Kern
… nine children, of which only three survived. Kern began his musical career under the tutelage of his mother, who was a … Kern enrolled at the Normal College in New York to study music education. He also attended classes at the New York College of Music, studying piano, harmony and composition. That same …
Dave Tarras
… to New York in 1921. He was one of the most famous Klezmer musicians of the 20th century. Additional biography, at … … Klezmer clarinetist … Clarinet … Clarinetist … Klezmer … Musician … Dave Tarras …
Richard Rodgers
… an American-Jewish composer, known largely for his work in musical theater. He was one of the most significant American … and his compositions had a significant influence on popular music. Biographies: Rodgers, Richard. Musical Stages: An Autobiography. New York: Random House, …
Jennie Goldstein
… produced as part of Joel Rubin and Rita Ottens' Jewish Music Series for Wergo. Click here for Goldstein's …
Joel Walbe
… his business and his way of life. He rejected young Joel's musical interests, and considered the study of music and literature to be a foreign influence. Though Joel's mother did encourage his musical curiosity, he was forced to cultivate his musical …
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…