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Kurt Weill
… to the USA. In the USA he was influenced by popular music and jazz, he met several of the outstanding figures of … is deposit at the Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Department, Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music, … Israel's national anthem) … German Jews … Composer … USA … American composers … Theater music … Jewish music … Hatikva …
Aaron Copland
… theory and composition with Rubin Goldmark, continuing his musical education with Goldmark, Victor Wittgenstein and … where he served as the head of the composition department for 25 years. During his time in Tangelwood, he … at the Cos Cob Press, a publishing house for modern American Music. It was also during this period that Copland …
Theodor Bikel
… his parents at age 13. Studied at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in London (1946-1948), and immigrated to the United … and performed all over the world. For a special memorial article about Bikel, written by JMRC director Prof. Edwin … biography in Milken Archive - Click Here … Austrian-born American singer & actor … Song … Singer … Actor … Broadway … …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … a position as the head of the violin and chamber music departments at the Kharkov Conservatory. Achron's tenure there … services. In New York , Achron joined the “Mailamm,” the American-Palestine Music Association, a Jewish voluntary …
Sholom Secunda
… In November 1907 Mr. Wolf, a manager of cantors and concert artists in New York, offered to help pay for the Secunda … and C. Once in New York, Mr. Wolf began to manage Sholom's musical career, setting up engagements in a number of … of their organization was similar to that of the ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers); they …
Johanna L. Spector
… Spector collected many recordings of different Jewish musical cultures, including music from Iraqi, Persian, … producing several documentaries , and she published many articles concerning these cultures. Spector also assembled a … Johann L.' Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music . … American Ethnomusicologist … Ethnomusicologist … …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser began his formal musical education with the local hazzan of Novata Ushitsa, who taught him solfege and sight singing. He participated in many local synagogue choirs, studying under … of articles dealing with Jewish liturgical music and the American cantorate. Weisser passed away in 1952, just before …
Mordekhai Hershman
… figure are comparable to those showered on the greatest starts of the opera and concert stage, including quotations … El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout … wartime disruptions he was not at first well known to the American Jewish community. Word of his resplendent tenor …
Jacob Beimel
… in the U.S. (New York and Philadelphia). Has written many articles concerning Jewish music. Founded the Journal, Jewish Music , in which he … (synagogue music, folk songs, and Hassidic melodies). … American cantor, composer and musicologist … Hazzan, Hazan, …
Jan Peerce
… was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from … Philadelphia as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto . Conductor Arturo Toscanini was particularly impressed by Peerce’s … served as a cultural ambassador to Moscow and was the first American to perform with the Bolshoi Theatre Opera. Peerce …