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Samuel Alman
… at the conservatory in Odessa and was a member of the Russian army band based there. After the tragic pogrom in …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… At the outbreak of World War II, Koussevitsky escaped to Russia , where he continued to tour as an Opera soloist in …
Alexander A. Krein
… and he became a prominent figure in the school of modern Russian composition. Krein’s early work was deeply … developed in response to new influences and trends in the Russian Jewish school. Krien also composed a large … collection of romances and songs set to the texts of famous Russian and European poets such as Balmont, Bialik, Efros …
Pinhas Minkowski
… on Hebrew University's Givat Ram campus in Jerusalem. … Russian cantor & composer … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, …
Nahum Nardi
… combining his classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In …
Sholom Secunda
… Monsieur Kurich. The second large wave of Pogroms against Russian Jews lasted from 1903 to 1906; during these years … eldest son Velvel escaped to New York to avoid the Russian army mandatory draft. He was the first member of the …
Mordekhai Seter
… youngest of the founders’ generation, Seter emigrated from Russia as a 10-year old child, and at 16 he went to further …
Gershon Sirota
… audience were such personalities as Baron Shlimenbach, the Russian Consul-General, State Senator Tom Sullivan, the Rev. …
Nissan Blumenthal
… who continue to use his melodies in their Synagogues. … Russian cantor … Nissan Blumenthal …
Mikhail Gnesin
… musicians from the Society, Gnesin decided to return to Russia to take a position as a professor of composition at … and a study of Rimsky-Korsakov’s life and work. … Russian composer, teacher & writer … Jewish … Folk … Music … …