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Edward Stark
… years with his brothers in the clothing business, pursuing musical activities in his free time. In April of 1884, Stark … of 1885 traveled to Vienna and to Leipzig to study music formally. In 1891, Stark accepted his first official … the first cantors to introduce instruments, aside from the organ, into the synagogue service. Only two of his works for …
Joseph Shlisky
… a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves … and left it after a short time. He never thought about a musical career until, one day, he was singing at his sewing … at fundraisers and benefit concerts for charitable organizations. In remembering his difficult journey to …
Isadore Freed
… States and settled in Philadelphia , PA. Freed studied music formally at the University of Pennsylvania, where he … music faculty at Temple University and accepted a post as organist and choirmaster at Temple Keneseth Israel in … li-Shelomo arranged as a service for cantor, chorus, and organ (1954). Freed also served as the president of the …
Frederick Piket
… Frederick Piket was born in Hungary, and received his formal musical education in Europe. He was a successful secular music composer and conductor for several decades before … synagogue composition began after taking a position as an organist and as music director of the White Plains Jewish …
Heinrich Schalit
… Vienna, Austria. Studied in Vienna, and later worked as an organist in synagogues in Munich and in Rome. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1940 and held positions as a synagogue organist in various cities. As a composer, Schalit wrote orchestral, chamber, and piano music, as well as songs. He used Hebrew poetry for some of …
Gideon Klein
… At the age of twelve, Klein moved to Prague to study music and liberal arts at the Jirasek Gymnasium. While in … Kurz. That same year, he began a double-degree program in musicology and philosophy at the Karl University. In the … and war. In the first year of his internment, Klein organized clandestine rehearsals and small scale …
Rafael Schächter
… War I, Schächter moved to Brno, where he began his formal musical studies. He continued his studies at the Prague … of communal singing in the barracks. By 1942, Schächter's organized choral activities began to take shape. In … ensemble. Schächter's efforts inspired other musicians to organize singing groups: Karel Berman formed a girls chorus; …
Yosef Hadar
… Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his father Yehiel were … Emanuel Amiran-Pugatchov brought Hadar to the College for Music Educators (Midrasha Lemichanchim Lemusica), which was … and men's choirs, as well as an orchestra. In addition, he organized practice and performance venues for his groups, …
Karel Reiner
… 27, 1910 in Žatec (Western Bohemia). Reiner studied law and musicology at the Charles University in Prague, and … a talented pianist, dedicated to propagating contemporary music throughout Europe. Reiner concertized regularly and … Reiner worked for the Jewish Community office in Prague, organizing musical activities. Reiner’s compositional output …
Karel Ančerl
… conducting and composition at the Prague Conservatory of Music. After graduating in 1929, Ančerl worked for Hermann … Although instruments were scarce in Terezín, he managed to organize an ensemble comprised of sixteen first violins, … seconded by veteran violinist Egon Ledeč. Terezín’s music critic Victor Ullmann wrote the following review of …