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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…
Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden, known as the father of the Yiddish theater, was born in Staro…
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
Asher Shimon Mizrahi was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1890 to father Yitzhak…
Bence Szabolcsi
Bence Szabolcsi was a Hungarian music historian. He was born in Budapest, the younger…
Hugo Adler
Hugo Adler was born in Antwerp, Belgium. He sang in the choir of Yossele Roenblatt in…
Shoshana Liessmann
Studied Jewish Studies and Musicology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-…
Raffi Ben-Moshe
Born in Jerusalem 1928. Graduated from Kaduri High School (1946). Founder of kibbutz…