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Sholom Secunda

… education at Eron Prep School, and began taking private piano lessons. Having passed the New York State Regent Exams …

… Ricercar (strings, 1953-6), and Elegy (violin and piano, 1954). His orchestral pieces were written between … coherent chamber music in the 1970's and mostly piano music in the 1980's. In these pieces he further … harmony unique to Seter. Among his late works are Janus (piano, 1972), Mirvahim ( Intervals , 1973), the …

Josef Tal (Gruenthal)

… for a solo instrument and electronic tape (nos. 5 and 6 for piano, one for harpsichord and one for harp), and other … 1964, 1976), and over 12 pieces for his instrument, the piano (in addition to the concertos). These include his … , and the 1962 Dodecaphonic Episodes , five methodical piano pieces including a chart of the rows and composer’s …

Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)

… he also composed many secular songs for voice and piano, incidental music, two collections of Hassidic …

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

… Istituto Musicale Cherubini in Florence , with a focus of piano performance. He received a degree in composition from …

David Zehavi

… and playing the violin. But Zehavi preferred to play the piano. He began studying with the pianist Miriam Levit, and …

Sasha Argov

… At the young age of three and a half Argov began to study piano with his mother, who was a music teacher. Although …

Isadore Freed

… of 18. In 1923, Freed spent five months in Berlin studying piano with Josef Weiss. Freed made his compositional debut … Philadelphia . The program included a Sonata for Violin and Piano, a Suite for Viola and Piano, his first String Quartet, and a Rhapsody for …

Heinrich Schalit

… As a composer, Schalit wrote orchestral, chamber, and piano music, as well as songs. He used Hebrew poetry for …

Julius Chajes

… Julius Chajes (b. Lwow, 1910 - d. Detroit, 1985) studied piano under Richard Robert, Julius Isserlis, Mr. and Mrs. … Hugo Kauder. At the age of 15, Chajes performed his piano concerto Romantic Fantasy with the Vienna Symphony … Vienna in 1933. One year later he was appointed head of the piano department at the Beit L'viyim Music Academy of Tel …