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Edward Stark
… years with his brothers in the clothing business, pursuing musical activities in his free time. In April of 1884, Stark … of 1885 traveled to Vienna and to Leipzig to study music formally. In 1891, Stark accepted his first official … to use the Union Prayer Book, and as such, Stark composed musical settings for most of the liturgy for their service. …
Sasha Argov
… half Argov began to study piano with his mother, who was a music teacher. Although Argov dabbled in composition as a young boy, he never studied music or composition formally. As a young adult he worked … by his close attention to the relationship between text and music. He labored to represent the meaning of the text …
Joseph Shlisky
… a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves … and left it after a short time. He never thought about a musical career until, one day, he was singing at his sewing … inspection tour in about 1914. Lady Eaton, herself a musical enthusiast and vocal performer, was distinctly …
Jacob Samuel Maragowsky (Zeidel Rovner)
… performed today. Source: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music . … Cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
David Putterman
… of commissioning various famous composers to compose music for the synagogue. A collection of his compositions … Encyclopedia Judaica . (*The photo is taken from yiddishmusic website) … Cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …
Joel Rubin
… Joel Rubin is an American clarinetist, Klezmer musician, Ethnomusicologist, and scholar of Jewish music. Since becoming involved in the Klezmer revival in the …
Isadore Freed
… States and settled in Philadelphia , PA. Freed studied music formally at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in music at the age of 18. In 1923, Freed spent five months in … in 1926 at a concert sponsored by the Friends of Chamber Music in Philadelphia . The program included a Sonata for …
Frederick Piket
… Frederick Piket was born in Hungary, and received his formal musical education in Europe. He was a successful secular music composer and conductor for several decades before turning to synagogue music composition. Piket spent his childhood and early …
David Beyglman
… Ostrowiec (Kielce province of Poland). Beyglman began his musical education at a young age, studying several … early years of the war and of ghetto life, and new forms of musical and theatrical expression were adapted to the harsh … of the badhan (wedding entertainer), klezmer (instrumental musician), cantor and meshoyrer (choirboy). During this …
Heinrich Schalit
… As a composer, Schalit wrote orchestral, chamber, and piano music, as well as songs. He used Hebrew poetry for some of his compositions, and composed Jewish liturgical music. Sources: Nulman, Macy. 'Schalit, Heinrich.' Concise Encycloedia of Jewish Music ; 'Schalit, Heinrich.' Encyclopaedia Judaica ; Kahn, …