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Viktor Ullmann
… Těšín), Czech Republic on January 1, 1898. Ullmann’s father was an officer in the Austrian Imperial Army stationed in Teschen. In 1909, … 5-7 for Piano (1943-44); Der Kaiser von Atlantis (1943); Three Songs for Baritone and Piano; Herbst for Voice, …
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
… Mordechai Yardeni was Born as Motl Sherman in 1906 in the town of Slovechno (Volyn province of the Russian Empire, now Ukraine). His father, Chaim Sherman, … mit Yiddish Schreiber (Interviews of Jewish writers), three-volume Wort un klang (Word and sound), 50 yur Yiddish …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public figure, being a significant activist in the Hapoel Hamizrachi movement, a religious socialist party … established the short-lived music journal “Hallel ” (only three issues appeared), published under the umbrella of the …
Kurt Weill
… Kurt Julian Weill was born in Dessau, Germany in 1900. His father was a cantor and his mother had rabbinical roots. After establishing himself with … with playwright Bertold Brecht through such works as TheThree-Penny Opera . With Hitler's rise to power, his works …
Yizhak Edel
… was born in Warsaw in 1896 to a Hassidic family. His grandfather, a Hassidic scholar, took responsibility for his … parents moved to Rovna, he went to live with his grandfather. In his grandfather’s house, Edel received a Jewish … initiatives. He worked in the Janosz Korcak orphanage for three years, an experience that influenced his educational …
Joseph Achron
… . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of five he began violin lessons with his father. Achron continued his formal musical education at St. … and was granted the Mikhail Palace Prize. The following three years, he spent mostly in Berlin and gave concerts in …
Emanuel Aguilar
… Emanuel Aguilar, brother of author Grace Aguilar, was born in London in 1824. He … of classical repertoire. His corpus includes two operas, three symphonies, three cantatas and a number of chamber … Aguilar is best known for his notation and arrangement of the Sephardic Liturgical music of Amsterdam, as sung by …
Zawel (Zevulun) Kwartin
… in Novo-arkhangelsk , Ukraine, and was first exposed to the cantorial tradition through his involvement in the choir of a local synagogue. Kwartin went on to study … synagogue melodies were recorded and transcribed for the three volume collection, Zemirot Zevulun , which was …
Marc Lavry
… Riga , Latvia and received his formal musical education at the Riga and Leipzig conservatories under teachers Scherchen … conducting posts in Riga and Saarbrucken and a position as the director of the Laban Dance Ensemble in Berlin. In 1929, … was hired to conduct the Berliner Symphony Orchestra, and three years later in 1932 received a post as conductor of …
Gustav Mahler
… Mahler's formal musical education began in 1875 at the Conservatory of Music in Vienna where he studied piano … Fuchs and Franz Krenn. After completing his studies at the Vienna Conservatory and at Vienna University , Mahler … infection caused by a chronic heart ailment. He left behind three major posthumous works, the song cycle Das Lied von …