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Mikhail Gnesin
Gnesin was born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical…
Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
Asher Shimon Mizrahi was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1890 to father Yitzhak…
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
Zikmund Schul was born on January 11, 1916 in Kassell, Germany. Schul studied…
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
Portrayed by Readers' Digest as 'a top ranking composer;' in Christian…
Elio Piattelli
Biography by Pasquale Troia
Choirmaster of the Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue) in…
Moshe Nathanson
Moshe Nathanson, son of Rabbi Nahum Nathanson, was born in Jerusalem in 1899. Until…
Zalman Zylbercweig
Zalman Zylbercweig was born in a small town outside of Lodz, Poland. His father was…
Haim Effendi
In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime,…
Abraham Ber Birnbaum
Polish cantor and composer. Abraham Ber Birnbaum was born to a Hassidic family in…