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Moshe Wilensky
Moshe Wilensky was born in 1910 in Warsaw, Poland. During the first World War, his…
Max Helfman
Max Helfman was a Polish-born American Jewish composer, choral conductor, pianist,…
Sigmund Schlesinger
Sigmund Schlesinger was one of the most influential figures among the group of mid- to…
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill was born in Dessau, Germany in 1900. His father was a cantor and his…
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent…
Joseph Achron
Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania. His musical genius…
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
Joshua Samuel Weisser (Pilderwasser) was born in 1888 in Novaya Ushitsa, Ukraine. As a…
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
Portrayed by Readers' Digest as 'a top ranking composer;' in Christian…
Lazare Saminsky
Lazare Saminsky was born in Vale-Gotzulovo[-Hatzulovo], Ukraine. He studied composition…
Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…