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Max Leibowitz
… of other Romanian-born klezmer bandleaders and recording artists in the New York City area that included Abe Schwartz , Joseph Moskowitz , Abe Katzman, and Milu Lemisch (in …
Herman Wohl
For full biography (Milken Archive) click here.
Anshel Schorr
… and impressive corpus, two works should be mentioned in particular: the operetta Shir Hashirim ( 1911) and the song … hit song were subsequently released by many leading Yiddish artists, including Jan Peerce , Jacob Sandler , and The …
Moshe Nathanson
… Nathanson decided to transfer to the Institute of Musical Art in New York (now the Julliard School of Music). In 1924, … Passover 1931, with support from sponsor Horowitz-Margarten Matzoh company. Many of the songs aired on the program … Schools and after-school teachers, so that they could impart the tradition to their students. Nathanson’s …
Reuben Doctor
Full biography in Milken Archive.
Aaron Lebedeff
… is Lebedeff’s hit 'Die Grine Kusine,' composed by Abe Schwartz and Hyman Prizant, and published by J. and J. Kammen. …
Louis Gilrod
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Paul Muni (Weisenfreund)
… in 1907, after which he was recruited to join Maurice Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theater Company. Muni often performed at the Second … Angry Man . Paul Muni passed away on August 25, 1967 of heart failure. … Yiddish theater, Broadway & Hollywood film …
Harry Von Tilzer
… at this point that he adopted the stage name Von Tilzer, an artistic embellishment of his mother’s maiden name Tilzer. … first to position of staff songwriter and then junior partner. Tilzer's next big hit came in 1900 with 'A Bird in A Gilded Cage,' lyrics written by Arthur Lamb. That same year, Tilzer released another hit …
Jerome Kern
… nearly two million copies. From 1915 to 1919, Kern and partner Guy Bolton wrote music for a series of shows at …