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Fritz Rikko
Fritz Rikko was a musicologist and conductor who was an authority on music of the…
Velvel Pasternak
The JMRC mourns the passing of Velvel Pasternak, scholar of Hassidic music and founder…
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill was born in Dessau, Germany in 1900. His father was a cantor and his…
Paul Dessau
Born in Hamburg, Germany. Immigrated from Germany in 1933 and returned in 1948 (to East…
Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden, known as the father of the Yiddish theater, was born in Staro…
Gershom Sizomu
Gershom Sizomu is an Ugandan rabbi serving the Abayudaya, a Baganda community in…
Simon Shaheen
Simon Shaeen is a Palestinian- American oud and violin player and composer.
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Albert Elias
Elias was a virtuoso nay player, composer and instrument maker. In Baghdad Elias studied…
Eleanor Gordon Mlotek
Eleanor Chana Mlotek (neé Eleanor 'Chana' Gordon) was…
Hugo Adler
Hugo Adler was born in Antwerp, Belgium. He sang in the choir of Yossele Roenblatt in…