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Albert Weisser
… Albert Weisser was Born in New York City of Russian-Jewish parentage. He attended high … played with various dance and jazz bands prior to entering New York University in 1940. In 1942 he was drafted into the …
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
… As a writer, Sherman made his debut writing in 1929 at the newspaper ' Forverts' . At the same time, the Philadelphia newspaper ' Yiddishe Welt' began to publish his musical and … he lived for another 4 years. In 1936 he returned to New York, where he performed in concerts and on the radio as an …
Elias Zaludkowski
… in 1926 went to the U.S. where he officiated as Hazzan in New York and Detroit . He wrote a collection of biographies of …
Alois Kaiser
… was cantor at the Neusynagoge at Prague. Kaiser arrived in New York city in June, 1866, and in the following month was …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… Mondziov-Sosnowiecz [a suburb of Katowice and a relatively new Jewish settlement in Silesia] next to the Prussian … the Haskalah and modern German culture that spread to the new Jewish settlements of Silesia: Naturally, living on the … community there, but ultimately settled his court in New York. Yet, he died in the Land of Israel during his last …
Fritz Rikko
… United States in 1941 and founded the Collegium Musicum of New York in 1951. The early music ensemble played many … of Music, Greenwich House Music School, State University of New York at Purchase, and Rutgers University. As an editor, …
Aaron Copland
… Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent. In 1917 he … and Germany, meeting composers and exposing himself to new music. Copland continued his studies with Boulanger long …
Abraham Goldfaden
… to avoid the draft, Golfaden’s father took advantage of a new law mandating that Jewish students attending public … increased his recognition as well as the production of new young composers of Yiddish songs and librettos for the … Yiddish theaters were established in Paris, London, and New York. In 1887, Goldfaden moved to New York, but returned …
Gil Aldema
… and continued his studies at Mannes College of Music, New York. During the 1950's Aldema served as a teacher and a …
Joseph Achron
… throughout Europe and the Near East , finally settling in New York in 1925. There, he continued teaching and performing, … En-Harod. From 1925 on, Achron lived in the USA , first in New York , where he joined other eminent representatives of …