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Jerome Kern
… eventually settling in London, where he began writing songs for British musical hall productions. Returning to … as a staff pianist, and gave him the opportunity to write songs for the company to publish. One of his first hits with … company. In the coming years, Kern wrote music for several popular shows including Sweet Adeline (1929), The Cat and …
Regina Prager
… she quickly became one of the forefront actresses. Prager’s popularity was so widespread that in 1895 she was recruited … khoydesh from Abraham Goldfaden 's Shulamis ; and several songs on the album, World Famous Artists Sing Oldies Of The …
Eliakum Zunser
… Eastern European poet and singer. He is known for his songs that preached nationalism and Zionism, and as a badhan … booklet ' Shirim Hadashim ' ('New Songs'), which was very popular and was followed by more songs booklets. In 1871 … ('The Hook Plough') for them, the latter becoming his most popular song both in the Yiddish and Hebrew versions. Its …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… a Grape, and a Pack of Lions: A Shabbos in Płock with a Popular Synagogue Singer in the Early Nineteenth Century.” … _____. 2010. “Music That Escaped: Transcriptions of Two Songs of Praise From a Surviving, but Still Hidden, …
Israel Goldfarb
… generation closer to Judaism, Goldfarb worked to create songs adapted to congregational singing, which were … advance Jewish musical education. Together they published songsters suited for communal singing and for use in … to Eliyahu Schleifer (2006), this is one of the most popular songs among the Shabbat zemirot, and is sung in …
Rahamim Amar
… from Spanish-Turkish and Arabic music. However, despite the popularity of Arab music in his time, Amar preserved his … During his musical career, Rahamim Amar composed about 300 songs, Piyutim and liturgical pieces. Additionally, he composed several songs for the poet Haim Nachman Bialik. Also, he cooperated …
Verdina Shlonsky
… a cantata, chamber music, music for the theater, and many songs (Lieder and popular). Her orchestral works were performed decades after …
Max Weinreich
… His son is the linguist Uriel Weinreich. He is known for popularising the phrase 'A language is a dialect with an … and navy'. 1 His work also included translating and editing songs in Yiddish, like Yidishe folkslider mit melodyes . …
Martha Schlamme
… in 1938 and immigrated to the US in 1948. She became a popular singer, giving over a thousand concerts. An expert … Schlamme sang in 12 languages, including Jewish folksongs in Hebrew and Yiddish. Source: Encyclopedia Judaica . … … Song … Singer … Jewish … Yiddish … Hebrew … Folksongs … Popular … Songs … Martha Schlamme …
Joseph Papernikoff
… he returned to Warsaw. At the age of 16, he began to write songs in Yiddish. His debut song, 'Dos Feld' ('The Field'), … with its rich imagery and folklike quality has gained popularity, and Papernikov has published poems (including … in the Air'), to which he also composed a melody, became a popular folk song. Many of his poems have been translated …