(181 results found)
Aaron Lebedeff
… Aaron Lebedeff was born in Gomel, Russia in 1873. As a young adult, he often appeared in … Vera Lubow and joined the Avrom Fishzohn troupe. During the Russian Revolution, he gave concerts for the American Red … the provincial villages and towns of Lithuania, Poland, Russia proper, and Romania. This fondness for Old World …
Joel Walbe
… his education was standard for wealthy Jewish families in Russia. He first studied Torah in the Heder, and then … together with the harsh events in Ukraine (WWI, Pogroms, Russian revolution) compelled Walbe to immigrate to …
Seymour Rechzeit
… Seymour Rechzeit was born on January 18, 1908 in Petrikov, Russian Empire (now Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland). He was an …
Zalmen Mlotek
… classics, instituted bi-lingual simultaneous English and Russian supertitles at all performances and brought leading …
Harry Kandel
… Odessa Conservatory of Music and served in army band of the Russian czar, moving to New York in 1905. He first worked on …
Mark Isakovich Rabinovich
… in 1870 in the town of Zdvyzhensk (Kiev province of the Russian Empire; now Brusilov, Ukraine). He studied music …
Eliakum Zunser
… of poverty and intolerable and vicious harassment by the Russians, he wandered from city to city and at one time was … his fame grew rapidly throughout Lithuania and in northern Russia, and he became the yardstick by which all members of …
Emanuel Amiran (Pougatchov)
… in 1909 to Ukrainian parents. In 1914, the family moved to Russia. Due to the fact that his father founded and directed … the Bible and the fundamentals of Jewish culture. In Russia, Amiran began his music studies with Joel Engel and Prof. David Shor. In 1921, the family left Russia with the goal of immigrating to Palestine, but stayed …
Jacob Bachman
… with Rubinstein, who was considered the 'westerner of Russian music,'* Bachmann choose a career in cantorate. He … Pinchas. “Misefer Hayyai.” Reshumot 5 (1927): 145-160. … Russian cantor-composer … Jacob Bachman …
Simeon Bellison
… , immigrated to the U.S. in 1920. Achieved high acclaim in Russia and the U.S. as a clarinetist. Established ensembles which were dedicated to Jewish music both in Russia and in the U.S. Arranged many Jewish compositions for …