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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. …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … violin lessons with his father. Achron continued his formal musical education at St. Petersburg Conservatory where he … and performing, and began to write music for the Yiddish Theater. In 1932 he was commissioned to compose Evening …
Marc Lavry
… Marc Lavry was born in Riga , Latvia and received his formal musical education at the Riga and Leipzig conservatories … oratorios, chamber and orchestral works, popular songs, and theater music. Perhaps his most well known piece, one which … … Art … Music … Riga … Palestine … Orchestra … Opera … Theater … Mediterranean … Style … Marc Lavry …
Gustav Mahler
… German-speaking Jewish community. Mahler's formal musical education began in 1875 at the Conservatory of Music … received his first conducting position at Bad Hall, a small theater south of Linz in Austria . A year later, Mahler began working as a conductor for the Landestheater in Laibach, a larger and more prestigious …
Nahum Nardi
… he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Vienna Music Academy, graduating in 1922. Following his graduation, … to his songs, Nardi also wrote incidental music for the theater. Several examples include the play Megilat Esther , which was performed at the Erets-Yisraeli Theater [4] of Gnessin , in 1928, and Bamitbakh by Shalom …
Sholom Secunda
… and C. Once in New York, Mr. Wolf began to manage Sholom's musical career, setting up engagements in a number of … for a Shabbat service. Sholom got his start in Yiddish theater shortly after arriving to New York City. While his … he was contracted to lead services at the Thalia Theater on the Lower East Side. It was then that he came …
Mordekhai Hershman
… El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout … advertised morning liturgical services at the Ohel Shem theater led by the famous cantor Mordecai Hershman … Yiddish talkie, when it was presented at the “Metro” cinema theater in Warsaw. The film, based on the 1911 operetta of …
Jacques Offenbach
… was born in Cologne to father Isaac Offenbach , a local music teacher and hazzan. He was identified as a musical … on 15th century Hebrew melodies, debuted at the Jardin Turc Theater. During the 1840’s Offenbach advanced his career … continued to submit his work to be staged by local Parisian theaters, but met with little success. In 1850 he took a …
Isaac Schlossberg
… (also known as Leibke Aluxter) were cantors. He studied music and the basics of hazzanut in Vilna under the … Destruction of Jerusalem') by the troupe of the Jewish theater Avrum-Olter Fishzon. Later, for several years, … he worked as a composer and conductor of the leading Jewish theaters: 'The Rock', 'Novosti', and the Kaminsky troupe. …
Sasha Argov
… half Argov began to study piano with his mother, who was a music teacher. Although Argov dabbled in composition as a young boy, he never studied music or composition formally. As a young adult he worked … and meter. Argov was also a prolific composer of film and theater music. Some of his scores include: Rak lo beShabat …