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Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … tenure there was cut short by his draft into the Russian Army in 1916. In the years after World War I, Achron … a grant from the Leonid Nevzin Center for the Research of Russian and European Jewry. Joseph (Yussl) Achron, Jewish …
Samuel Alman
… Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education at the conservatory in Odessa and was a member of the Russian army band based there. After the tragic pogrom in Kishinev , Alman moved to London where he continued his musical studies at the Royal College of Music. There he …
Alexander A. Krein
… other siblings were taught Jewish folk and instrumental music by his father who was a well known Klezmer musician … and he became a prominent figure in the school of modern Russian composition. Krein’s early work was deeply … developed in response to new influences and trends in the Russian Jewish school. Krien also composed a large …
Pinhas Minkowski
… tradition with his father, and supplemented his basic musical education by joining the choir of Cantor Nissan … Jewish Conservatory and was the chairman of the Ha-Zamir musical society, under whose auspices he published several … on Hebrew University's Givat Ram campus in Jerusalem. … Russian cantor & composer … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, …
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 … Composers … Jewish … …
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 …