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Sigmund Mogulesko
… Bessarabia on December 16, 1858. As a young boy, he sang in the local Synagogue choir and apprenticed with several … adult, he moved to Bucharest, Rumania in order to study at the Conservatory of Music. After completing his studies at … in Manhattan, survived by his wife, and three children. … Singer, actor & composer in the Yiddish theater … Composers …
Leon Blank
… Even from an early age, Blank felt an attraction to Yiddish theater. When the opportunity to travel to the United States with Sigmund … choir, but slowly worked his way up to solo actor and singer. Blank’s great success in the play 'David's Violin' …
Harry Von Tilzer
… at an early age, and at fourteen he left home to join the Cole Brothers Circus as an acrobat and singer. Tilzer’s parents soon brought him home, but his love …
Bertha Kalish
… Yiddish theater and Broadway actress Bertha Kalish was born in … ca. 1872. She began her stage career as a member of the choir at the Polish Theater. By the age of seventeen, Kalish was … in 1901 at the Thalia Theater. … Yiddish theater actress & singer … Bertha Kalish …
Regina Prager
… Yiddish actress and singer Regina Prager was born in Lemberg ca.1866. Prager … began her stage career at Yankev Ber Gimpel’s Yiddish Theater, where she quickly became one of the forefront actresses. Prager’s popularity was so …
Jennie Goldstein
… Yiddish theater star Jennie Goldstein was born in New York in 1896. She began acting at the age of six, playing child roles opposite actor greats … of the Jewish Women's Archive. … Yiddish theater actress & singer … Yiddish … Theater … Broadway … Vaudeville … Singer …
Paul Ben-Haim
… 1897- Tel-Aviv, 1984, emigrated to Palestine in 1933) was the most recognized Israeli composer abroad, at least until the 1970s. A composer, conductor, pianist and teacher, he … couleur locale , he worked extensively with the folklore singer Bracha Zephira between 1939 and 1947; his last …
Isa Kremer
… JMWC by Judith Pinnolis. Additional biography available at the Jewish Women's Archive. Recordings of Isa Kremer … background regarding this song can be found here through the An-sky Jewish Folklore Research Project. … Yiddish theater actress & singer … 0 … Isa Kremer …
Salcia Weinberg
… , and Zwiebel-Goldstein , she too began her career in the choir of the Polish Theater in Lemberg, later switching to Gimpel’s … … Yiddish theater actress … Actress … Yiddish … Theater … Singer … Salcia Weinberg …
Zalmen Mlotek
… pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer, and the Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF), the longest … NYTF productions of the world premiere of Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yentl in Yiddish (1998), Di Yam Gazlonim and the …