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Leon Blank

… he began singing in a local Synagogue choir. Even from an early age, Blank felt an attraction to Yiddish theater. When …

Max Leibowitz

… is listed as composer of some Yiddish songs recorded in the early twentieth century. Full biography on ' Max Leibowitz' …

… 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 … Alley music era. Throughout his career, Tilzer published nearly two-thousand songs, and contributed an enormous amount …

Jerome Kern

… nine children, of which only three survived. Kern began his musical career under the tutelage of his mother, who was a … contributed to the show, 'They Didn't Believe Me,' sold nearly two million copies. From 1915 to 1919, Kern and … songs 'The Last Time I Saw Paris' to Lady Be Good (1941), 'Dearly Beloved' to You Were Never Lovelier (1942), and 'Long …

Jennie Goldstein

… Keni Liptzin, and David Kessler. Goldstein’s childhood and early adulthood revolved around the Yiddish theater; by the … 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 literature to be a foreign influence. Though … studies in Vienna , Walbe began composing art music in the early 1940's. His first compositions of this kind were art …

Paul Ben-Haim

… a career as a conductor of operas in Germany in the early 1930s, which he was forced to forsake following the … The most prolific of the founding fathers of Israeli music (excluding, perhaps, Marc Lavry), he wrote over 250 … His conservative German, post Mahler-Strauss style with early twentieth century French influences (tinted with local …

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 … Binder, Leon Kramer, and Lazare Saminsky ) built upon his early connections with Steven Wise and was modeled after …

Haim Effendi

… In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime, very few details about the … uncommonly large number of commercial recordings from the early 20th century, speaks of his fame. This reputation is … taken from the liner notes accompanying the JMRC release An Early Twentieth-Century Sephardi Troubadour: The Historical …

Eliakum Zunser

… lived prior to moving to Vilna, where he was born. In his early youth he attended the 'Heder' and sang with cantor … He was the first badhan to have a rudimentary knowledge of music. By his personal qualities he raised the profession of … at Koenigsberg by M.L. Rodkinson. When the pogroms of the early 1880s led to the founding of the pioneering Zionist …