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Sigmund Schlesinger
Sigmund Schlesinger was one of the most influential figures among the group of mid- to…
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David Nowakowsky
David Nowakowsky was born in Malin, Russia near Kiev. Nowakowsky left home at an early…
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…
Paul Dessau
Born in Hamburg, Germany. Immigrated from Germany in 1933 and returned in 1948 (to East…
Ernst Toch
Full biography in Milken Archive.
Hugo Adler
Hugo Adler was born in Antwerp, Belgium. He sang in the choir of Yossele Roenblatt in…
Ernest Bloch
Swiss born American Composer Ernest Bloch was born on July 24, 1880 in Geneva,…
Zecharia Plavin
Born in Vilnius in 1956, studied at the Ciurlionis School of Arts and Vilnius…
Joseph Achron
Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania. His musical genius…