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The Russian Jewish Evreiskaia Entsylopledia
… … 33904 … St. Petersburg … Brockhaus-Efron … … 1908-1913 … Russian Jewish encyclopedia … The Russian Jewish Evreiskaia Entsylopledia …
In Zaltsikn Yam - A Yiddish Workers' Song
… 720 … In honor of May Day and the tradition of Jewish political radicalism in late nineteenth-century … and national rights for Jews.' Picture taken from the YIVO encyclopedia website . “In Zaltsikn Yam” consists of ten … Lita un Poilin, der yiddisher arbeter Bund,” (long live the Russian, Lithuanian, and Polish Jewish labor Bund). This …
Herman Svet
… was born January 1, 1893, in Shpole (Kiev province of the Russian Empire, now Ukraine). His father, Menachem Mendel … Berlin, which in those years was a city of refuge for many Jewish intellectuals who were fleeing Soviet Russia. Svet … in New York. Sources: Yiddishmusic site (in Russian) Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel , vol. 3 …

Moses Michail Milner (Melnikoff)
… where he participated in the founding of the Society for Jewish Folk Music (1908). He composed many works based on Jewish themes, as well as Jewish liturgical works. Apart … theater music. Sources: 1. Nulman, Macy. Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , New York: McGraw-Hill Book …
Simeon Bellison
… clarinetist. Established ensembles which were dedicated to Jewish music both in Russia and in the U.S. Arranged many Jewish compositions for his ensemble in New York . … click here . (go to the middle of the page). Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica , Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music …
Platon Brounoff
… Founded and conducted the Poale Tsion Choir, the first Jewish secular choir in America. Collected over 300 Jewish folk songs, some of which he arranged for his choir. … (see 'Song of the month,' March 2010 ). Sources: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , Macy Nulman. Passport to …
Emanuel Amiran (Pougatchov)
… in the Hebrew language, the Bible and the fundamentals of Jewish culture. In Russia, Amiran began his music studies … the web page and press one of the 'play' signs). Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy Nulman) יוסי ספיבק, ושאבתם מים בששון …

Israel Rabinovitch
… in Montreal Rabinovitch published various writings on Jewish music and edited the Canadian Jewish Eagle . Sources: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , Jewish Public Library Website …
Jacob Bachman
… with Rubinstein, who was considered the 'westerner of Russian music,'* Bachmann choose a career in cantorate. He … between Joshua Abrass and Jacob Bachman, in which the Jewish community in Odessa was divided into two camps: the … Schirath Jacob . Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1884. Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica ; Minkowski, Pinchas. “Misefer …
Lazare Saminsky
… In 1908 he became a founding member of the Society for Jewish Folk Music , working as its first secretary. During … this office, he played a crucial role in the forming of new Jewish music to be performed in the Reform synagogues of … works, changing the existing repertoire, and encouraging Jewish composers to compose Jewish liturgical works. He …