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Sigmund Schlesinger
… the group of mid- to late-19th-century American synagogue organists and choirmasters who attempted to create and adapt … to Congregation Shaarei Shomayim for the position of organist and choir leader. He was engaged and held that post … Director of the Gesang-Verin Frohsinn , the leading choral organization of Mobile. The society took creditable part in …
David Nowakowsky
… and choral composition. As a side project, Nowakowsky organized and produced many successful public concerts …
Aaron Copland
… often writing for its journal, Modern Music. He organized concert series and festivals, and was a supervisor …
Ya'akov Orland
… and 1923, his parents joined the "Working Brigades," an organization they helped establish, which engaged in … death. In 1933, he began studying theater informally and organized readings of English poetry, often from his …
Joseph Achron
… American-Palestine Music Association, a Jewish voluntary organization that supported projects concerning Jewish music …
Marc Lavry
… was invited to head the Kol Zion La Gola, the World Zionist Organization's broadcast to the Diaspora. While working for …
Israel Lovy
… Notre Dame de Nazareth introduced the use of a choir and organ and commissioned Lovy to compose a new rendition of … compliment these reforms. These compositions for choir and organ, along with other earlier works, were published in …
Sholom Secunda
… Publishers and Songwriters. The structure of their organization was similar to that of the ASCAP (American …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… his time in America, Weisser was involved in many Cantorial organizations and Institutions. In 1937, he was one of the … leaders in the formation of The Cantors-Ministers Cultural Organization, and from 1939-1940 he served as the president …
Mikhail Gnesin
… with colleague Joseph Achron . Together they worked to reorganize the activities of the Society for Jewish Folk Music …