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Alexander L. Ringer
… camp. After the war, Ringer emigrated to New York City in 1947. There he received a M.A. in Sociology and … and researched extensively on the life and works of Arnold Schoenberg, Kurt Weill , Ludwig von Beethoven, Gustav … and general co-editor of the collected edition of Arnold Schoenberg's writings. He also served as editor of the …
Morris Rosenfeld
… in the book ' Songs from the Ghetto '. The first edition sold out, and the book was soon translated into six … in 1902. Morris Rosenfeld died in 1923, in New York City. Source: The Jewish Encyclopedia . … Yiddish poet … 0 … …
Avraham Soltes
… Avraham Soltes was born on March 3, 1917, in New York City, to parents who recently arrived from Eastern Europe. … in six different areas. Avraham Soltes graduated from the City College of New York in 1937 and received a master's … roots of its early development with those of Christianity holds the hope for the spiritual intertwines of humanity's …
Viktor Ullmann
… teacher Edward Steuermann. That same year, he joined Arnold Schoenberg ’s composition seminar, through which he … compositional productivity in Terezín. Due to the scarcity of scores in the camp, Ullmann’s corpus represented a …
Alois Kaiser
… at the Neusynagoge at Prague. Kaiser arrived in New York city in June, 1866, and in the following month was appointed … Union Hymnal, published in 1897. With Samuel Welsh, Moritz Goldstein, and J. L. Rice, Kaiser published the "Zimrat Yah" …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… towards Zionism. As he mentions in his memoir, his household’s bookshelf was rich in Jewish (especially Hassidic) … modern education, studied at a gymnasium and then at the city’s University and the Conservatory of Music. He … to Eastern and Western Galicia, Hungary, Bukovina and Old Rumania. Volume four included Congress Poland, which had …
Joseph Achron
… Conservatory where he studied under renowned violinist Leopold Auer, and composer Anatoly Lyadov. In 1908 together with … to plays by Shalom Aleichem, Sholem Asch, and Abraham Goldfaden. The following article on Joseph Achron by Dr. … Between 1899 and 1904, Achron studied violin with Leopold S. Auer and harmony with Anatol Konstantinovitch Liadov …
Gustav Mahler
… and to advance his career as a conductor and composer, holding posts at theaters in Prague , Leipzig , Hamburg and …
Sholom Secunda
… family. In 1896 the Secunda’s moved to Nicholayev, a port city with a population of approximately 175,000, located at … season, 'Children Come Home' by Zolatarevski and 'Golden Time.' Although critics from the New York press … Theater, Sholom returned to New York to work for Nathan Goldberg at the Grand Theater. Sholom married Yiddish theater …
Gershon Sirota
… . He attended services at all of the synagogues in the city, exposing himself to a myriad of local and original … outside were even greater; men and women, young and old who tried without success to get in to hear the concert … Sullivan, the Rev. Dr. Parkhurst and Herman Rider of the 'City-News.' Also present were Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Judge …