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Menachem Kipnis
Full biography from Issachar Fater's Jewish Music in Poland between the World Wars, pp…
Joseph Shlisky
Joseph Shlisky was born in Ostrowiec Voivodeship, Poland, around 1894. As a child, he…
David Beyglman
David Beyglman, conductor, was born in 1887 in Ostrowiec (Kielce province of Poland).…
Julius Chajes
Julius Chajes (b. Lwow, 1910 - d. Detroit, 1985) studied piano under Richard Robert,…
Shmerke Kaczerginski
Born in Vilna to a poor family and educated at that city’s Talmud Torah, Shmerke…
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
Yankele Hershkowitz, a tailor by trade, was a popular street performer in the Lodz…
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
Portrayed by Readers' Digest as 'a top ranking composer;' in Christian…
Moshe Wilensky
Moshe Wilensky was born in 1910 in Warsaw, Poland. During the first World War, his…
Henech Kon
A composer of musical theatre, Henech Kon was an important member of the thriving…
Aaron Lebedeff
Aaron Lebedeff was born in Gomel, Russia in 1873. As a young adult, he often appeared in…