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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 …
Kuni Lemel
… York Hebrew Publishing Company. The production of Yiddish theater piano scores was a great source of income for music publishers. Patrons of the Yiddish theater collected and performed such piano reductions at …

Society for Jewish Folk Music
… on the eve of the Russian Orthodox Easter, two Russian musicians met in an encounter that was to have impacts on … composer who enjoyed great popularity in the Yiddish theater and music circles of New York and other Jewish … of the Russian school, and the popular music of Yiddish theater in the 1920’s and 30’s in the United States. Many …
Moshe Wilensky
… Hebrew instruction alongside general studies. Wilensky's musical talent emerged at four when he began playing the … at the Technion's Tel Aviv campus. In June 1939, he married theater actress Berta Yakimovska (1917–2013). Upon his … began working as a pianist and composer at the satirical theater " Hametate " ("The Broom"). He composed music for …
Shulamit
… was a prominent importer and publisher of Jewish books and music in New York at the turn of the 20th century. Located … … 81 … 81 … 10 … 35318 … New York … S. Schenker … … Theater … Theater music … Yiddish … Goldfaden … Yiddish songs … …
Jacob Koppel Sandler
… to the US in 1888 where he worked in the Yiddish theater and was the choral director for several cantors. He … a folk song. Source: Encyclopedia Judaica . … Composer and music director … Choirs, Choral music … Composers … Yiddish … Theater … Choral … Director … Composer … Operettas … Eli Eli …
Tsvey Kuni Lemel
… entirety click on the link above. The score of Goldfaden 's musical comedy Tsvey Kuni Lemel was released in 1911 as part … … New York … New York Hebrew Publishing Company … … 1911 … Theater … Theater music … Yiddish … Goldfaden … Yiddish songs … …
Dos Fartribene Taybele (The Exiled Dove)
… Fartribene Taybele is from Godlfaden's play Ben Ami, with music arranged by Louis Friedsell. Ben Ami is loosely based … Boris Thomashevsky agreed to produce it at his People's Theater, in collaboration with Sigmund Mogulesko and music … The Music of Abraham Goldfaden: Father of the Yiddish Theater, 1990, pp. 158. … Goldfaden … New York … Yiddish … …
Theodore Holdheim
… to Palestine in 1933, settling in Kibbutz Bet-Alfa. Studied music in Israel and in the U.S., and continued to study … Was very active as an educator in Israel in the fields of music and science. His compositional style was based on … works include operas, cantatas, works for orchestra, choir, theater and chamber music. Sources: Encyclopedia …
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 …