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Elio Piattelli
… Biography by Pasquale Troia Choirmaster of the Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue) in Rome from 1948 to 1984, Elio Piatelli enhanced the liturgical life of the synagogue (and beyond) with a … in Rome. Some of his compositions appeared in five CDs. Three are by the Ha-Kol Choir: (1) Canti liturgici ebraici …
Nahum Heiman
… friend and writing partner says about his friend (in the opening of Heiman's song collection): 'The name Nahche sings in the ears of thousands of Israeli … As a child, Heiman began studying the piano, but after three lessons he contracted Polio. He recovered at age 11.5, …
Leonard Bernstein
… in Lawerence, Mass. Diverse musician and was well known in the U.S. and abroad in many musical fields: as conductor (NY Philharmonic orchestra, and many others), composer, pianist and television personality (making … Many biographies have been written about Leonard Bernstein (three can be found below) about different aspects of his …
Ehud Manor
… Ehud Manor won the Israel Prize in 1998. As part of the reasons for the award, it was said: 'Ehud Manor, born in … near the piano and started playing them. He played two or three melodies and I just suddenly felt that I had to write …
Sigmund Mogulesko
… Bessarabia on December 16, 1858. As a young boy, he sang in the local Synagogue choir and apprenticed with several … adult, he moved to Bucharest, Rumania in order to study at the Conservatory of Music. After completing his studies at … 4, 1914 at his home in Manhattan, survived by his wife, and three children. … Singer, actor & composer in the Yiddish …
Anshel Schorr
… Lemberg cantor Baruch Schorr , was a mainstay of Yiddish Theater in New York and Philadelphia. He worked as a … lyricist, and director for over thirty years. In his three decades of activity, Schorr collaborated with some of the Yiddish theater’s most renowned actors and composers …
Moshe Nathanson
… a traditional heder (all-boys religious school) in the old city of Jerusalem. Moshe left the heder to attend Bet Sefer Lemel, the elementary … Nathanson passed away in February of 1981, survived by his three children: Deena Starr, Naomi Brettler, and Yaron …
Paul Muni (Weisenfreund)
… he was recruited to join Maurice Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theater Company. Muni often performed at the Second Avenue Theater and the Irving Place Theater … his first Broadway appearance in the show We Americans . Three years later in 1929, he was offered a contract with …
Jerome Kern
… New York City to parents Fanny and Henry Kern. Jerome was the oldest of nine children, of which only three survived. Kern began his musical career under the tutelage of his mother, who was a piano teacher. In …
Paul Ben-Haim
… 1897- Tel-Aviv, 1984, emigrated to Palestine in 1933) was the most recognized Israeli composer abroad, at least until the 1970s. A composer, conductor, pianist and teacher, he … of his most performed works, The Sweet Psalmist of Israel – Three Symphonic Fragments for Orchestra and Soloists ( Ne’im …