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Nahum Nardi
… he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Vienna Music Academy, graduating in 1922. Following his graduation, … performing, combining his classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In …
Sholom Secunda
… Monsieur Kurich. The second large wave of Pogroms against Russian Jews lasted from 1903 to 1906; during these years … eldest son Velvel escaped to New York to avoid the Russian army mandatory draft. He was the first member of the … and C. Once in New York, Mr. Wolf began to manage Sholom's musical career, setting up engagements in a number of …
Gershon Sirota
… grandfather was a member. The board of trustees, and other music professionals in attendance, were taken aback by the … styles. Yakovkin encouraged Sirota to consider studying music formally at the Odessa Conservatory of Music. Based on … audience were such personalities as Baron Shlimenbach, the Russian Consul-General, State Senator Tom Sullivan, the Rev. …
Nissan Blumenthal
… four voices. Influenced by his study of German classical music, he adapted melodies from the composers, Handel, … and Mendelssohn in his arrangements of liturgical music. In 1870 he hired David Nowakowsky as choir-leader, … who continue to use his melodies in their Synagogues. … Russian cantor … Nissan Blumenthal …
Mikhail Gnesin
… born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical education with Cantor Gerovitz and pianist Oscar … where he was hired as a composition teacher at the State Music School . After a tenure of ten years, Gnesin traveled … and a study of Rimsky-Korsakov’s life and work. … Russian composer, teacher & writer … Jewish … Folk … Music … …
Mordekhai Hershman
… (Polish: Chernikhov) in the Chernigov Governorate of the Russian Empire, today Chernihiv in Ukraine and died in New … of 25. During World War I, Hershman was drafted into the Russian Army, but it is said that his officer was so … El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout …
Joseph Shlisky
… a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves … and left it after a short time. He never thought about a musical career until, one day, he was singing at his sewing … performed operatic arias from a variety of schools—Italian, Russian, and German. He also performed his signature …
Gideon Klein
… At the age of twelve, Klein moved to Prague to study music and liberal arts at the Jirasek Gymnasium. While in … Kurz. That same year, he began a double-degree program in musicology and philosophy at the Karl University. In the … Klein composed folk songs in Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since procuring scores in the ghetto was very …
Rafael Schächter
… War I, Schächter moved to Brno, where he began his formal musical studies. He continued his studies at the Prague Conservatory of Music, where he received degrees in composition and … opportune; he arranged Czech, Slovak, Hebrew and even Russian folk songs for Schächter's expanding choral group …
Mordekhai Zeira
… born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a musical family, his musical education consisted mostly of a … was 'full of Jews who could sing a Hassidic Niggun and sing Russian Zionist songs,' [1] as explained by Zeira when asked … fact his songs were based on three elements: 1. Melodies of Russian revolutionary songs; 2. Russian romances that he …