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… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 … W. Binder, Leon Kramer, and Lazare Saminsky) built upon his early connections with Steven Wise and was modeled after …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… of the first generation, but indeed he acquired formative musical education in Jerusalem, notably with Irma and Stefan … Wolpe, then with Hanoch Jacoby . His pieces from that early period were, however, romantic. He began gaining … in his lively six Israeli Dances (1950), and after the “musical shock” (his own term) he received in Darmstadt …
… as the chair of Israel Composers’ League and ISCM World Music Days (Israel, 1980). Studying with Ehrlich, Ben-Haim … works. He then went to the US for studies of electronic music under Vladimir Ussachewsky. He also studied with … but the piece is based on an original 12-note scale clearly related to his past writings. Also often-performed is …