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Manfred Lemm
… he moved with a band through Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He studied composition. In 1976, he opened in …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… of the North American Saengerbund in New Orleans, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. Sigmund Schlesinger collaborated with …
Aaron Copland
… Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of … lieu of pursuing a University degree. From 1921 to 1924 Copland studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Fontainebleau … School of Music in Paris. During his time in Paris, Copland traveled extensively in England, Belgium, Italy, …
Ya'akov Orland
… Yaacob Orland was born in 1914 in Tetiev, Ukraine, to Eliezer and Batya Orland. At age five, he survived a pogrom in his hometown that … Kyiv. This traumatic event left a lasting impression on Orland's work, inspiring his poem Kyiv. From Kyiv, the family …
Ernest Bloch
… Ernest Bloch was born on July 24, 1880 in Geneva, Switzerland. He studied at the Conservatory in Brussels under noted … appointed the first Musical Director of the fledgling Cleveland Institute of Music, a position he held until 1925. … forms, atonality and serialism. He died in Portland, Oregon, of cancer at the age 78. … Swiss born Jewish …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… Moshe Koussevitsky was born in Smorgon , Poland , the eldest of four brothers who all perused careers …
Myer Leoni
… Myer Leoni began his musical career as an opera singer in England . In 1767 he took a position as cantor of the Great …
Gustav Mahler
… . A year later, Mahler began working as a conductor for the Landestheater in Laibach, a larger and more prestigious …
Nahum Nardi
… they began a joint concert tour of Jewish communities in Poland, Germany, Latvia, Belgium, Holland and France. In September 1929, Nardi and Tzefira …
Sholom Secunda
… was as an extra in Max Gabel 's 'Grigori Gershuni.' He then landed a spot in Gabel's next production, 'Joseph and His … the box office hit. Sholom's success with 'Home Sweet Home' landed him a position as the conductor-composer of the Lyric … entered the United States Navy and was stationed on Ellis Island. Sholom quickly befriended the Navy Bandleader and was …