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Joseph Kaminski
… music in Warsaw, Berlin and Vienna. Worked as a violin player in Warsaw, as the first violin in the Warsaw Radio … Symphony Orchestra. Immigrated to Palestine in 1937 to play first violin in the Palestine Orchestra (later 'Israel …
Isaac Schlossberg
… In 1899, together with Leo Liov, he wrote music for a play based on Joseph Lateiner's play ' Khurban Yrushalayim' ('The Destruction of …
Julius Chajes
… music. After moving to the United States in 1937, he played three recitals in Town Hall. In 1940 he accepted … post at Wayne State University. Henryk Szeryng often played Chajes's violin sonata in recitals, and wrote of …
Lazare Saminsky
… he worked until the end of his life. In this office, he played a crucial role in the forming of new Jewish music to …
Boris Thomashefsky
… Boris Thomashefsky, son of Yiddish actor and playwright Pincas Thomashefsky, was born in Tarasche, a … with Thomashefsky’s help, produced Abraham Goldfadn’s play “The Witch” at Turn Hall on August 18, 1882. This … promoting Jacob Gordin and Leon Kobrin's literary Yiddish plays, when other theater producers shied away. Secondly, …
Hans Krása
… on a number of projects. In 1935, Hoffmeister’s stage play Mládí ve hře (Youth in the Game), premiered at the … Stage) in Prague . Krása’s Anna Song from Hoffmeister’s play was particularly well received, and was performed as a …
Emanuel Zamir
… war of 1948. There he created groups of singers and players, and founded a small orchestra, that was later … singers, with Gil Aldema on the Accordion. Their recordings played an active role in the development of the Israeli folk … In these words he referred to foreign songs that were played on the radio, and were mainly sold on records. In …
Egon Ledeč
… in 1939. Ledeč was an active soloist and chamber music player in Terezín. He formed the first chamber ensemble in …
Mordekhai Zeira
… that he went to with his mother, and through his sister's playing. He was also exposed to Jewish melodies, while … which he wrote both lyrics and music, was composed for a play that was performed at a party of this group. In 1929 … integral part of the Hebrew folksong . Many of their songs played a documentary role in the history of the Hebrew …
Yosef Hadar
… which consisted of violins, mandolins and a solo harmonica played by Shabtay Portugaly, a famous piano tuner of the … , Paul Ben-Haim and Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra violin player Shlomo Bor. Hadar returned to Ohel Shem High School …