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Harry Von Tilzer
… Gummblinksy), was born in Detroit in 1872. His passion for music became evident at an early age, and at fourteen he … an up-and-coming lyricist named Andrew B. Sterling. The two musicians became good friends and roomed together in a small … the song 'Down Where the Wurzburger Flows' at the Orpheum Theater in Brooklyn, and Weber & Fields produced the song, …
Jerome Kern
… nine children, of which only three survived. Kern began his musical career under the tutelage of his mother, who was a … Kern composed over 100 songs for a total of thirty musical theater shows. In 1914, Kern had his first big Broadway … music for a series of shows at Elizabeth Marbury's Princess Theater. In 1920, Kern was hired to compose music for …
Richard Rodgers
… an American-Jewish composer, known largely for his work in musical theater. He was one of the most significant American … discography is available here. … Jewish American musical theater & film score composer … 0 … American … Hollywood … …
Jennie Goldstein
… Yiddish theater star Jennie Goldstein was born in New York in 1896. … childhood and early adulthood revolved around the Yiddish theater; by the age of sixteen she was already running her … produced as part of Joel Rubin and Rita Ottens' Jewish Music Series for Wergo. Click here for Goldstein's …
Salcia Weinberg
… , she too began her career in the choir of the Polish Theater in Lemberg, later switching to Gimpel’s Yiddish Theater. Weinberg later left the theater and traveled with a Yiddish variety show through …
Frida Zibel-Goldstein
… from the 'Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre'. … Yiddish theater actress … Yiddish Theater … Yiddish songs … Frida Zibel-Goldstein …
Yetta Zwerling
… in Yiddish vaudeville. Then she acted for four years in musical comedy under the leadership of Leon Errol, and then … the Yiddish Theatre'. Photo by Justin D. Haren. … Yiddish theater actress … 0 … Yiddish Theater … Yiddish songs … America … Actress … Yetta Zwerling …
Zalman Zylbercweig
… Reines. Zylbercweig’s formal connection with the Yiddish theater began in 1912, when he became involved in the management of a Yiddish and Hebrew theater troupe. It was during this time that Zylbercweig … articles, adaptations of novels, and reviews of books, music, and Yiddish theater. In 1922, Zylbercweig began to …
Zalmen Mlotek
… Zalmen Mlotek is an American conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer, and the Artistic … an internationally recognized authority on Yiddish folk and theater music and a leading figure in the Jewish theatre and … Interview with Zalmen Mlotek of the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater in New York (2008): Professor Edwin Seroussi …
Emanuel Amiran (Pougatchov)
… fundamentals of Jewish culture. In Russia, Amiran began his music studies with Joel Engel and Prof. David Shor. In 1921, … Later, Amiran moved to Tel Aviv where he taught music at various schools and seminaries. He ended this work … include over 600 Hebrew folksongs, incidental music for theater and cinema, music for public celebrations, and works …