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Sigmund Mogulesko
… born in Kaloraush, Bessarabia on December 16, 1858. As a young boy, he sang in the local Synagogue choir and apprenticed with several … Bucharest, Rumania in order to study at the Conservatory of Music. After completing his studies at the Conservatory, …
Josef Bonime
… Josef Bonime was born in Vilna in 1891, and immigrated to the United States with his family as a young boy. Bonime studied composition at The City College of … Vitaphone talkies such as Mischa Elman (1926), and arranged music for film short subjects. In 1933, Bonime joined the …
Max Leibowitz
… born in Iași, Romania and in September 1905 he emigrated to the United States along with his wife Sarah. He had 3 … an American klezmer violinist and was a contemporary of other Romanian-born klezmer bandleaders and recording artists in the New York City area that included Abe Schwartz , Joseph …
Harry Von Tilzer
… Gummblinksy), was born in Detroit in 1872. His passion for music became evident at an early age, and at fourteen he left home to join the Cole Brothers Circus as an acrobat and singer. Tilzer’s … in song composition. He published his first song, “I Love You Both,” in 1892 with the support of Willis Woodward. Von …
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 … One of his first hits with Harms & Co. was the song, 'How'd You Like to Spoon with Me,' lyrics written by Edward Laska. …
Joel Walbe
… Jewish families in Russia. He first studied Torah in the Heder, and then proceeded to general studies with … to continue his business and his way of life. He rejected young Joel's musical interests, and considered the study of music and …
Zalman Zylbercweig
… was born in a small town outside of Lodz, Poland. His father was Tsvi-Hirsh Zylbercweig, a Hebrew and Yiddish writer. As a young boy, Zalman moved to Lodz with his family, where he … articles, adaptations of novels, and reviews of books, music, and Yiddish theater. In 1922, Zylbercweig began to …
Zalmen Mlotek
… Zalmen Mlotek is an American conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer, and the Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF), the longest …
Harry Kandel
… Kandel was an American clarinetist and bandleader, one of the pioneers of modern klezmer music. He ran an orchestra which consisted of a variety of … tuba, xylophone, cornet, violin, flute, viola and piano. Their hits peaked from about 1916 to 1927, and included 'Der …
Joseph Moskowitz
… and a recording artist in New York City during the first half of the twentieth century. He was a descendant of a family of klezmer musicians and was among the most well-known American … Jerusalem, For his recordings see ' Joseph Moskowitz ' in YouTube. … Tsimbalist & composer … 0 … Klezmer … Cymbalom …