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Gershon Sirota
Gershon Sirota was born in 1874 in Podolia, where his father officiated as the village…
Milan Slavicky
Milan Slavický was a Czech composer, musicologist, and pedagogue. He came from a…
Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach was born in Cologne to father Isaac Offenbach, a local music teacher…
Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce (birth name Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) was born in New York City in 1904.…
Joseph Shlisky
Joseph Shlisky was born in Ostrowiec Voivodeship, Poland, around 1894. As a child, he…
David Beyglman
David Beyglman, conductor, was born in 1887 in Ostrowiec (Kielce province of Poland).…
Hans Krása
Hans Krása, composer, born November 30, 1899 in Prague. Krása began taking piano…
Rafael Schächter
Rafael Schächter was born May 27, 1905, in Braila (Rumania). After World War I,…
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Egon Ledeč
Egon Ledeč, violinist, born March 16, 1889 in Kostelec nad Orlici (Eastern Bohemia).…