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Max Leibowitz

… klezmer bandleaders and recording artists in the New York City area that included Abe Schwartz , Joseph …

… cantor Baruch Schorr , was a mainstay of Yiddish Theater in New York and Philadelphia. He worked as a composer, writer, … play premiered at Schorr’s own Liberty Theater in Brooklyn, New York. Covers of the hit song were subsequently released …

Moshe Nathanson

… decided to transfer to the Institute of Musical Art in New York (now the Julliard School of Music). In 1924, he became … the Advancement of Judaism (Mordecai Kaplan's Synagogue in New York, and the founding community of the …

Aaron Lebedeff

… the American Red Cross troupes. Finally in 1920 he moved to New York, where he became one of the leading actors for Boris … At the end of the season he made a guest appearance at New York's National Theatre, where on April 9, 1930 he …

Harry Von Tilzer

… of Willis Woodward. Von Tilzer decided to relocate to New York City to pursue a career as a songwriter. His … Brooklyn Bridge. The two collaborated on a song, 'My Old New Hampshire Home,' which they sold to a local printer …

Jerome Kern

… Jerome Kern was born on January 27, 1885 in New York City to parents Fanny and Henry Kern. Jerome was the … teacher. In 1902, Kern enrolled at the Normal College in New York to study music education. He also attended classes …

Irving Berlin

… Berlin was an American popular songwriter. He was taken to New York in 1893. His melodies maintained their popularity in …

Dave Tarras

… Tarras was born in Ternovka, near Uman, and immigrated to New York in 1921. He was one of the most famous Klezmer … of the Arts (NEA) website, click here . Obituary in the New York Times , click here . Dave Tarras discography …

Richard Rodgers

… Rodgers, Richard. Musical Stages: An Autobiography. New York: Random House, 1975. Zollo Paul, ' Richard Rodgers ' in … Meryle. Somewhere For Me: A Biography of Richard Rodgers. New York: Knopf, 2001. Block, Geoffrey, ed. The Richard …