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Edward Stark
… to father Josef Stark, a local cantor and butcher. As a young boy, Edward sang in his father’s choir along with his … years with his brothers in the clothing business, pursuing musical activities in his free time. In April of 1884, Stark … of 1885 traveled to Vienna and to Leipzig to study music formally. In 1891, Stark accepted his first official …
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 composition as a young boy, he never studied music or composition formally. …
Joseph Shlisky
… a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves … and vocal performer, was distinctly impressed by the young tailor’s voice. When she heard that he’d had to … throughout his career, including Gounod’s Lend Me Your Aid . In March 1919 Shlisky performed his New York …
Joel Rubin
… Joel Rubin is an American clarinetist, Klezmer musician, Ethnomusicologist, and scholar of Jewish music. Since becoming involved in the Klezmer revival in the …
Isadore Freed
… States and settled in Philadelphia , PA. Freed studied music formally at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in music at the age of 18. In 1923, Freed spent five months in … Laboratory was a unique project that allowed young composers to submit new works to be read by the …
David Beyglman
… Ostrowiec (Kielce province of Poland). Beyglman began his musical education at a young age, studying several instruments, chiefly the … early years of the war and of ghetto life, and new forms of musical and theatrical expression were adapted to the harsh …
Gideon Klein
… At the age of twelve, Klein moved to Prague to study music and liberal arts at the Jirasek Gymnasium. While in … music recitals, public lectures, and private lessons to young aspiring pianists. A review of one of his early solo … talent. His is the cool, matter-of-fact style of the new youth; one has to marvel at his strangely early stylistic …
Hans Krása
… spent their summer vacations. Hans studied at the German Music Academy in Prague , after which he accepted a position … acquainted with conductor Walther Straram, who invited the young man to be his assistant in Paris . Krása declined his … many important connections and career opportunities for a young, up-and-coming composer, Krása decided to return home …
Emanuel Zamir
… songs, in general, for which he wrote both words and music, portray sceneries borrowed from the world of … that he wrote in reference to the pioneering spirit of the young Jewish ' H alutzim' who were settling Palestine and … which binds together the bible, fields, tribes, nature, youth, and in which nationality is inseparable from its …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… This discovery sparked Schul's interest in Jewish musical themes, which he began to incorporate into his … a three-part boys chorus, Ki tavoa al-ha’aretz (When you will go to the land), in January of 1942, and an … for string quartet, Uv’tzeil K’nofecho (In the Shadow of your Wings) less than a week after. Schul’s Terezín corpus …