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Viktor Ullmann
… Ullmann family moved to Vienna, and Viktor began studying music theory with Dr. Josef Pohlaneur. In 1918, Viktor … the position of chorus master and répétiteur at the German Theater in Prague. Initially Ullmann’s duties were … German Male Choral Society. In addition to his work at the theater, Ullmann debuted several of his early compositions …
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
… yeshiva Mishkan Israel. Later he enrolled in The School of Music and Drama. As a writer, Sherman made his debut writing … and theatrical reviews. In February 1930, at the Gibson Theater, he made his debut in the operetta Hasidish … Sherman continued to study music, he once again entered the theater stage: this time in Avraham Goldfaden 's …
Manfred Lemm
… In 1976, he opened in Wuppertal the first cabaret theater. In the 80s he founded the Manfred Lemm Ensemble and … Gvirtig and composed them on four CDs. … German singer and musician engaged in the revival of Yiddish music … Manfred Lemm …
Kurt Weill
… to the USA. In the USA he was influenced by popular music and jazz, he met several of the outstanding figures of the Broadway stage and began to write musicals that enjoyed tremendous popularity. Weill held the … … German Jews … Composer … USA … American composers … Theater music … Jewish music … Hatikva (The Hope, Israel's …
Aaron Copland
… theory and composition with Rubin Goldmark, continuing his musical education with Goldmark, Victor Wittgenstein and … studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Fontainebleau School of Music in Paris. During his time in Paris, Copland traveled … Dance Symphony (1929) , Short Symphony (1933) , Music for Theater (1925) and Piano Variations (1930) were strongly …
Abraham Goldfaden
… Abraham Goldfaden, known as the father of the Yiddish theater, was born in Staro Konstantinov, Ukraine. In order … his songs, as well as other popular Jewish and secular music. The initial performances of these musical theater pieces created movement to establish a professional …
Theodor Bikel
… a singer and as an actor, Bikel performed in many Broadway Theater productions, as well as in television shows and in … singer & actor … Song … Singer … Actor … Broadway … Theater … Television … Movies … Folk … Songs … Folksongs … …
Raffi Ben-Moshe
… kibbutz Iftah in the Galilee in 1949. B.A. Rubin Academy of Music, Tel-Aviv (1953). Composer, arranger and musical director of theater and cinema. M.A. thesis, Tel-Aviv University. … music. … Composer, arranger and musical director of theater and cinema. Researcher of Hassidic music … Ashkenazi …
Yizhak Edel
… received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while participating in singing gatherings hosted by … His grandfather did not approve of Edel's new path as a musician, but he ultimately gave in. Upon his grandfather’s … by the communist regime, especially in the case of Habimah Theater. He also became acquainted with the works of the …
Ya'akov Orland
… Homeland and Mother, " in 1930. This song was later set to music by David Zehavi, a member of Kibbutz Naan and the … lasting until Alterman's death. In 1933, he began studying theater informally and organized readings of English poetry, … 1936 and 1939, Orland resided in England, where he pursued theater studies at the Royal Academy of Drama in London. …