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Harry Von Tilzer
… Gummblinksy), was born in Detroit in 1872. His passion for music became evident at an early age, and at fourteen he … 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 …
Jerome Kern
… nine children, of which only three survived. Kern began his musical career under the tutelage of his mother, who was a … Kern enrolled at the Normal College in New York to study music education. He also attended classes at the New York … nearly two million copies. From 1915 to 1919, Kern and partner Guy Bolton wrote music for a series of shows at …
Dave Tarras
… to New York in 1921. He was one of the most famous Klezmer musicians of the 20th century. Additional biography, at National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) website, click here . Obituary in the New York … … Klezmer clarinetist … Clarinet … Clarinetist … Klezmer … Musician … Dave Tarras …
Jennie Goldstein
… composers, such as Molly Picon , Isador Lillian, Abe Schwartz , and Abe Ellstein . In 1938, Goldstein made her film … to female Yiddish theater performers, produced as part of Joel Rubin and Rita Ottens' Jewish Music Series for Wergo. Click here for Goldstein's …
Joel Walbe
… his business and his way of life. He rejected young Joel's musical interests, and considered the study of music and … to Israel), Walbe boarded a ship to Palestine , as part of a group of the Halutz (Pioneer) movement. While … returned in 1937 to complete his degree and receive his artist's diploma. After his studies in Vienna, Walbe …
Yetta Zwerling
… in Yiddish vaudeville. Then she acted for four years in musical comedy under the leadership of Leon Errol, and then … on the Yiddish radio and sings comical songs and also participated in several movie plays and Yiddish plays. … Bessie had performed in music halls.Zwerling's children Artie, Sidney and Albert have acted together with her in …
Reuben Rinder
… United States and pursued his study of Jewish liturgical music. In 1910, Rinder held a cantorial position at Temple … Rinder was influential in shaping 20th-century Jewish musical culture. Through insights from the Rinder papers … 2017. [Photo credit: ' The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, Berkeley'] … …
Zalman Zylbercweig
… In addition to his editorial duties, he published political 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 … figure in the Jewish theatre and concert worlds. As the Artistic Director of the NYTF for the past twenty years, …
Mickey Katz
… Meyer Myron 'Mickey' Katz was an American musician and comedian who specialized in Jewish humor. Katz … for his parodies, but he created more traditional klezmer music as well. Although he was primarily a jazz musician, all of his parodies have a distinct klezmer …