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Dudu Barak
… up in Rehavia Neighborhood. As a child, he took part in the 'Pinat Hayeled,' choir, which sang on the radio. Through the choir, Barak got to know the poets … the Pizmon is not a Pizmon. I wrote nine poetry books, three children books, and one book of Pizmonim (the last is …
Edward Stark
… Edward Stark was born in 1856 in Hohenems , Austria to father Josef Stark, a local cantor and butcher. As a young boy, Edward sang in his father’s choir along with his three older brothers. In 1871, Edward and his family …
Sasha Argov
… 26, 1914 and died in Tel Aviv on September 27, 1995. At the young age of three and a half Argov began to study piano with his mother, who was a music teacher. Although Argov dabbled in …
Isadore Freed
… was born in Brest-Litovsk , Russia on March 26, 1900 . At the age of three, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia , PA. Freed …
Julius Chajes
… Rosenthal. He studied composition under Hugo Kauder. At the age of 15, Chajes performed his piano concerto Romantic Fantasy with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He was the Honor Prize winner … After moving to the United States in 1937, he played three recitals in Town Hall. In 1940 he accepted various …
Boris Thomashefsky
… a small town near Kiev, Ukraine in 1868. He immigrated to the United States in 1881, and settled in New York City. … to New York, Thomashefsky joined a Synagogue chorister on the Lower East Side, which brought him in contact with … plans were delayed until 1923, when Thomashefsky presented Three Little Business Men and the Jolly Tailors at …
Hans Krása
… 30, 1899 in Prague . Krása began taking piano lessons at the school of Theresie Wallerstein at the age of six. At age ten, Hans’ … Passacaglia and Fugue , and a vocal piece entitled Three Songs (1943). Krása was deported to Auschwitz in 1944, …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… to Prague to seek refuge from German persecution. During the years 1937-38, Schul studied under famous Czech composer … also developed a close friendship with Rabbi Lieben of the Old-New Synagogue in Prague . While in Prague , Schul … of Two Chassidic Dances for viola and cello. He finished a three-part boys chorus, Ki tavoa al-ha’aretz (When you will …
Mordekhai Zeira
… classical music in both Operas that he went to with his mother, and through his sister's playing. He was also exposed to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the synagogue. He also heard Hassidic music in his … with several poets, with each for a period between two and three years. Among the poets with whom he worked with are: …
Leyb Rozental
… Leyb Rozental was one of the most prolific writers of revue theater in the Vilna ghetto. Many of his songs were written … his revue song, 'Tsu eyns, tsvey, dray' (One, two three). Rozental's song 'Yisrolik,' about a tough but …