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Eliezer Mordecai Ben Isaac Gerovich
Cantor and composer. Born in Ukraine. Studied music in Berdichev, Odessa and St.…
Yizhak Edel
Yitzhak Edel was born in Warsaw in 1896 to a Hassidic family. His grandfather, a…
Joseph Achron
Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania. His musical genius…
Zawel (Zevulun) Kwartin
Kwartin was born in Novo-arkhangelsk, Ukraine, and was first exposed to the…
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Pinhas Jassinowsky
Pinhas Jassinowsky was born in Romanovka, a small town outside of Kiev, Ukraine.…
Lazare Saminsky
Lazare Saminsky was born in Vale-Gotzulovo[-Hatzulovo], Ukraine. He studied composition…
David Roitman
David Roitman was born in Dorozhinki, Russia, and was one of the leading cantors of his…
Mikhail Gnesin
Gnesin was born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical…
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The Modern Renaissance of Jewish Music: Events and Figures, Eastern Europe and America
Includes biographies, and complete list of publications of the Society for Jewish folk…
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Kaddish
Poem for a high voice (without text), or also for violin or flute or oboe and piano.