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Josef Bonime
… Vitaphone talkies such as Mischa Elman (1926), and arranged music for film short subjects. In 1933, Bonime joined the faculty of the Julliard School of Music. Beginning in 1925, Bonime worked as a composer and … also worked for many years as the musical director for the popular radio program 'Death Valley Days.' … Composer, …
Moshe Nathanson
… was in fact responsible for the lyrics that have become so popular today. In 1922, Nathanson immigrated to Canada, where he studied Law and Music at McGill University. Mid-degree, Nathanson decided to transfer to the Institute of Musical Art in New York (now the Julliard School of Music). …
Harry Von Tilzer
… Gummblinksy), was born in Detroit in 1872. His passion for music became evident at an early age, and at fourteen he … to Do When the Rent Comes Round.' These songs were made popular by many up-and-coming vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley … Fields produced the song, 'On a Sunday Afternoon' for their popular variety show. Tilzer's song writing bridged many …
Jerome Kern
… nine children, of which only three survived. Kern began his musical career under the tutelage of his mother, who was a … Kern enrolled at the Normal College in New York to study music education. He also attended classes at the New York … company. In the coming years, Kern wrote music for several popular shows including Sweet Adeline (1929), The Cat and …
Richard Rodgers
… an American-Jewish composer, known largely for his work in musical theater. He was one of the most significant American … and his compositions had a significant influence on popular music. Biographies: Rodgers, Richard. Musical … … 0 … American … Hollywood … Theater music … Composer … Popular music … Richard Rodgers …
Paul Ben-Haim
… The most prolific of the founding fathers of Israeli music (excluding, perhaps , Marc Lavry ), he wrote over 250 … (tinted with local orientalism) had always been both popular and representative of other Israeli composers. In … his colleague Peter Gradenwitz (his publisher, well-known musicologist). Among Ben-Haim’s other notable works are his …
Eliakum Zunser
… He was the first badhan to have a rudimentary knowledge of music. By his personal qualities he raised the profession of … booklet ' Shirim Hadashim ' ('New Songs'), which was very popular and was followed by more songs booklets. In 1871 … ('The Hook Plough') for them, the latter becoming his most popular song both in the Yiddish and Hebrew versions. Its …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the exceptional musical and emotional power of his singing, he attained a … importance of Cantor Salomon in the writings of cantors and musicologists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. … a Grape, and a Pack of Lions: A Shabbos in Płock with a Popular Synagogue Singer in the Early Nineteenth Century.” …
Tsippi Fleischer
… Fleischer’s (b. Haifa, 1946) formal education encompasses music, musicology, and Semitic languages – all reflected in … art music. This is parallel to a similar tenor in Israeli popular music and so-called world music. Amalgamated with influences of Israeli folk and popular song, which she has been researching for over a …
Israel Goldfarb
… to New York in 1893. Although he had a pleasant voice and musical talent, his brother, Samuel Eliezer Goldfarb was acknowledged as the musician in the family. While Samuel began a career in … to Eliyahu Schleifer (2006), this is one of the most popular songs among the Shabbat zemirot, and is sung in …