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Joseph Shlisky
… Voivodeship, Poland, around 1894. As a child, he sang in the choir of the local synagogue. A cantor from a … 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 …
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 late 1970s, he has been researching, teaching, and …
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 studied music formally at the University of Pennsylvania, where he … 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 clarinet and the violin. In 1912, he became the director …
Gideon Klein
… composer, born December 6, 1919, in Přerov (Moravia). 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 …
Hans Krása
… 30, 1899 in Prague . Krása began taking piano lessons at the school of Theresie Wallerstein at the age of six. At age … 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 …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in … 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 …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… to Prague to seek refuge from German persecution. During the years 1937-38, Schul studied under famous Czech composer … 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 …
Mordekhai Zeira
… born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a musical family, his musical education consisted mostly of a … classical music in both Operas that he went to with his mother, and through his sister's playing. He was also exposed … in 1924, and joined a group of 'Hashomer Hatza'ir' youth movement, which later founded Kibbutz Afikim. His …
Karel Ančerl
… Karel Ančerl, conductor, born April 11, 1908 in Tučapy (Southern Bohemia). Karel Ančerl studied conducting and composition at the Prague Conservatory of Music. After graduating in 1929, Ančerl worked for Hermann … seconds, eight violas, six cellos, and one double bass. The young and talented violinist Karel Kröhlich was chosen as …