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Julius Chajes

… At the age of 15, Chajes performed his piano concerto Romantic Fantasy with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He was …

… 1. Melodies of Russian revolutionary songs; 2. Russian romances that he knew well from his childhood; 3. The … Orland and Zeira were asked by the theater to write a romance. One day prior to the deadline for the song, the duo …

Karel Reiner

… and performed the incidental music for Edmund Rostand’s The Romancers, staged by Vlasta Schönová in the “Hamburg” …

Elio Piattelli

… from the oral traditions of the various rites of the Roman Jewish community as well as original compositions for … (1907-1972), Piatelli recorded one hundred and fifty Roman Jewish liturgical songs. He wrote that these melodies … of prayers for festivals and holidays according to the Roman rite. This is a work in progress, and will published …

Ronit Widmann-Levy

… is also renowned for her interpretation of Ladino romance, and toured with Ladino Soul in 2010. To view the …

Joseph Roman Cycowski

… and Palm Springs. See "Oral history interview with Josef (Roman) Cycowski " detailing his life, in Milken Archive. … … the vocal sextet the Comedian Harmonists & cantor … Joseph Roman Cycowski …

Sigmund Feinman

… Born near Kishinev, Feinman acted in Bessarabia and Romania, went to New York in 1886, and worked with Adler, … in London and on the Continent. He played Othello in Romania, 1909, and died while rehearsing in Lodz. …

Leon Blank

… in 1867. When Blank was just a boy, his family moved to Romania, where he began singing in a local Synagogue choir. …

Max Leibowitz

… Max Leibowitz was born in Iași, Romania and in September 1905 he emigrated to the United … American klezmer violinist and was a contemporary of other Romanian-born klezmer bandleaders and recording artists in …