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Viktor Ullmann
… Ullmann family moved to Vienna, and Viktor began studying music theory with Dr. Josef Pohlaneur. In 1918, Viktor … as a law student, supplementing his studies with private piano lessons with teacher Edward Steuermann. That same … of his early compositions including, Sieben Lieder with piano (performed 1923), the Octet (1924), his incidental …
Albert Weisser
… uncle, the renowned cantor Joshua S. Weisser . He studied piano with Isaiah Seligman and played with various dance and … Upon graduating in 1948, he entered the master's program in musicology. Under the guidance of Curt Sachs , he wrote his thesis on 'The Jewish National Music in Russia', which was later published as The Modern …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… and choirmasters who attempted to create and adapt music to suit the new ritual and format of American Reform … in Uhlen, Württemberg (later Germany), and received his musical education at a Munich conservatory. He came to the … his brother, Jacob, on a popular series of pieces for the piano which was titled Southern Flowers. This selection of …
Aaron Copland
… theory and composition with Rubin Goldmark, continuing his musical education with Goldmark, Victor Wittgenstein and … studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Fontainebleau School of Music in Paris. During his time in Paris, Copland traveled … , Short Symphony (1933) , Music for Theater (1925) and Piano Variations (1930) were strongly influenced by jazz …
Mark Kopytman
… Pages (voice, 1989), Alliterations (for the Rubinstein Piano Competition, 1993) and the series Cantus I-VII …
Gil Aldema
… (today Giv'atayim), Israel. As a child, he played piano and violin and studied harmony under composer Paul … Conducting and Composition at the Jerusalem Academy of Music, and continued his studies at Mannes College of Music, New York. During the 1950's Aldema served as a …
Ernest Bloch
… United States in 1916, and in 1920 was appointed the first Musical Director of the fledgling Cleveland Institute of Music, a position he held until 1925. Bloch’s early works, … of Ecclesiastes, the suite Baal Shem (1923) for violin and piano, the Israel Symphony (1916) and Avodath Hakodesh …
Zecharia Plavin
… at the Ciurlionis School of Arts and Vilnius Conservatoire (piano class of Professor Marietta Azizbekova). Played … From 1977 in Israel, graduated from Tel Aviv University and Music Academy (piano class of Professor Viktor Derevianko), with advanced …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … and 4 Suites and a number of miniatures for Violin and Piano, 3 Quartets (the second entitled 4 Improvisations, op. 63, the third – Sinfonietta, op. 71), some large piano compositions (Variations on a Palestinian theme, op. …
Emanuel Aguilar
… Grace Aguilar, was born in London in 1824. He received his musical education in Piano Performance and Composition in Frankfurt . Aguilar … three cantatas and a number of chamber music and solo piano works. Aguilar is best known for his notation and …