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Joseph Achron
Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania. His musical genius…
Alexander A. Krein
Alexander Krein was born in the Staraya Ruza region of Moscow in 1883. He and his five…
Mordekhai Zeira
Life
Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…
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Hirsch Glik
Hirsch Glik was born in 1920 to a working class family in Vilna. Glik began writing…
Shmerke Kaczerginski
Born in Vilna to a poor family and educated at that city’s Talmud Torah, Shmerke…
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Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
Portrayed by Readers' Digest as 'a top ranking composer;' in Christian…
Pnina Salzman
“The first lady of the piano in Israel,' and, 'She is considered the first Israel-born…
Herman Svet
Gershon (Herman) Svet was born January 1, 1893, in Shpole (Kiev province of the…
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Shmuel Zanvel Pipe
Shmuel Zanvel Pipe was born in 1907 in Sanok, central Galicia, Poland. Pipe learned…
Jozef Koffler
Born in Stryj and studied music in Lvov (1914-1916) and in Vienna (1918-1924). From 1928…