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Yetta Zwerling
… for Anshel Schorr , who helped perfect her Yiddish. From there she went over to New York's 'Grand' Theatre, and … in Mexico. She also performed on English radio. From time to time she performed on the Yiddish radio and … with her in children's roles in various th Full biography from the 'Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre'. Photo by Justin D. …
Lucy Levin
… She became a famous actress and played at several theaters from 1925 to 1933. Full biography from the 'Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre'. … Yiddish theater …
Reuben Rinder
… he worked until his death in 1966, commissioning works from world-renown composers, including Ernest Bloch , Darius … 20th-century Jewish musical culture. Through insights from the Rinder papers and Rose Rinder’s oral history (UC …
Ilia Trilling
… See biography in MIlken Archive. (The photo was taken from Trilling's Wikipedia page) … Yiddish theater composer … …
Zalman Zylbercweig
… and one-act plays for his theater troupe based in Lodz. From 1915 to 1924, Zylbercweig acted as the editor of the …
Zalmen Mlotek
Zalmen Mlotek is an American conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer…
Harry Kandel
… a variety of instruments, including himself on clarinet, trombone, tuba, xylophone, cornet, violin, flute, viola and piano. Their hits peaked from about 1916 to 1927, and included 'Der shtiler Bulgar', a …
Avram Moyshe Kholodenko
… also known as 'Pedoster,' was a Klezmer bandleader from Berdichev (Ukranian city southwest of Kiev). In the …
Joseph Moskowitz
… Joseph Moskowitz born in Romania. He was an American cimbalom player, and a recording … repertoire which included not only Jewish music but also Romanian, classical, and ragtime music. Full biography in …
Haim Effendi
… life in his city of birth although he toured extensively. From 1925 to 1935-36 he lived in Alexandria, Egypt. He passed … among Sephardi singers. Haim also absorbed new songs from diverse sources and “Sephardized” them, i.e. rendered … the uncommonly large number of commercial recordings from the early 20th century, speaks of his fame. This …