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Moishe Oysher
… immigrated to Canada in 1921, where he joined a traveling Yiddish theater company. In 1932, he founded a Yiddish theater troupe in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After …
Boris Thomashefsky
… Boris Thomashefsky, son of Yiddish actor and playwright Pincas Thomashefsky, was born … backing, Thomashefsky orchestrated an American tour for a Yiddish theater company based in London. The troupe, with …
Henech Kon
… scores, recordings, and more. ' Play Me a Song ' In Yiddish by Henekh Kon, words by Y. Kotliar: *(The … performer … 0 … Poland … Polish composers … Polish Jewry … Theater music … Yiddish songs … Henech Kon …
Sigmund Mogulesko
… joined Abraham Goldfaden 's first Bucharest-based theater troupe. The role of Shmendrik was written for … which later became one of the most popular roles in Yiddish theater. In 1880 Mogulesko formed a theater troupe … New York in 1886, where he promptly became one of the first Yiddish theater stars. He sang in Offenbach 's Bluebeard , …
Leon Blank
… choir. Even from an early age, Blank felt an attraction to Yiddish theater. When the opportunity to travel to the United States … York. Blank also toured the U.S, performing extensively in Yiddish theaters across the country. On several occasions, …
Alexander Olshanetsky
… He stayed in Kharbin (today in China), and conducted a Yiddish theater group there. In 1922, Olshanetsky immigrated to the U.S. and worked as a composer and conductor for the Yiddish theater. From 1925 and until his death, Olshanetsky …
Abraham Ellstein
… was active on the radio and broadcasted programs about Yiddish music and Synagogue music. As a composer, he wrote 33 scores for Yiddish musical theater, over 500 Yiddish songs, and some scores for Yiddish …
Arnold Perlmutter
… Biography in Milken Archive. … Composer of Yiddish theater music … 0 … Composer … Yiddish … Theater … Arnold Perlmutter …
Herman Wohl
… full biography (Milken Archive) click here . … Composer of Yiddish theater music … 0 … Composer … Yiddish … Theater … Music … Herman Wohl …
Anshel Schorr
… prominent Lemberg cantor Baruch Schorr , was a mainstay of Yiddish Theater in New York and Philadelphia. He worked as a … decades of activity, Schorr collaborated with some of the Yiddish theater’s most renowned actors and composers such as …