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Morris Rosenfeld
… edition sold out, and the book was soon translated into six languages. Following this success, he left his work as a … and editor of a quarterly journal of literature (printed in Yiddish) entitled ' Jewish Annals '. Rosenfeld was … were adapted into Hebrew and became popular in Israel: The Yiddish poem ' Galut March ' became to ' Po Beeratz Hemdat …
Avraham Soltes
… in 1916, barely after mastering this country and its language. Avraham Soltes was well-designed to nurture … love- songs, Ladino prayer- songs, American folksongs, Yiddish lullabies, and Hebrew melodies; to his creative …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… acquainted with a vast array of popular and traditional Yiddish songs, as well as, later on, the new “rebirth” songs … Poland and Belarus (formerly Brest-Litovsk,Brisk De-Lita in Yiddish). However, Geshuri’s life, as those of many young … his early engagement with the creation of a Zionist musical language. In this context, his association with the …
Joseph Achron
… teaching and performing, and began to write music for the Yiddish Theater. In 1932 he was commissioned to compose … music ensembles and wrote music for Maurice Schwarz’s Yiddish Art Theatre and for synagogue services. In New York … by his persistent aspiration to create his own musical language. During his childhood, Achron absorbed the …
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 … of Thomashefsky’s most celebrated roles was in a Yiddish-language production of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Likewise, …
Max Helfman
… a Sabbath Cantata , and his Di naye hagode (1948), a Yiddish-language Cantata about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. He … " in Wikipedia. … Composer, choral conductor & educator … Yiddish songs … Communism … Socialism … Jewish socialists … …
Bertha Kalish
… Yiddish theater and Broadway actress Bertha Kalish was born … Kalish was performing regularly at Yakov Ber Gimpel’s Yiddish Theater. Kalish played the starring role in Gimpel’s … 1905 when she transitioned to Broadway and other English-language theater. Between 1905 and 1926, Kalish starred in …
Max Weinreich
… Weinreich. He is known for popularising the phrase 'A language is a dialect with an army and navy'. 1 His work also included translating and editing songs in Yiddish, like Yidishe folkslider mit melodyes . 1 It … at The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe . … Yiddish linguist … Yiddish … Languages … Russia … Max …
Martha Schlamme
… concerts. An expert in folksong, Schlamme sang in 12 languages, including Jewish folksongs in Hebrew and Yiddish. Source: Encyclopedia Judaica . … Folksinger and actress … Song … Singer … Jewish … Yiddish … Hebrew … Folksongs … Popular … Songs … Martha …
Herman Svet
… In 1917 he began writing about music for various Russian-language periodicals in Kiev and later switched to Yiddish. For a short period, he wrote articles for the Kiev Yiddish daily newspaper Di naye tsayt (The new times) in …