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Avram Moyshe Kholodenko
… was a Klezmer bandleader from Berdichev (Ukranian city southwest of Kiev). In the last decade, Kholodenko's compositions have been … in contemporary Klezmer recordings, such as Budowitz's Mother Tongue (1997) and Khevrisa's European Klezmer Music …
Joseph Moskowitz
… and a recording artist in New York City during the first half of the twentieth century. He was a descendant of a family …
Haim Effendi
… and musician during his lifetime, very few details about the life of Haim Effendi have reached us. Born Haim Behar … (a.k.a. Edirneli Haim Effendi and Haim Yapağı, i.e. “Haim the Woolman or Wool Merchant,” because the family owned some … today Turkey) in 1853. He spent most of his life in his city of birth although he toured extensively. From 1925 to …
Eliakum Zunser
… and Zionism, and as a badhan he became a legendary figure. The name Zunser was probably derived from Zunse (a small … to Vilna, where he was born. In his early youth he attended the 'Heder' and sang with cantor Joel Ihumener in Bobruisk. … and vicious harassment by the Russians, he wandered from city to city and at one time was imprisoned. After his …
Joshua (Osias) Abrass
… 1884). In his memoirs, Cantor Pinchas Minkowski relates the story of the “cantors’ battle” in Odessa between Joshua Abrass and Jacob Bachman , during which the Jewish community in Odessa was divided into two camps: …
Simeon Bellison
… Clarinetist and teacher. Born in Moscow , immigrated to the U.S. in 1920. Achieved high acclaim in Russia and the U.S. as a clarinetist. Established ensembles which were dedicated to Jewish music both in Russia and in the U.S. Arranged many Jewish compositions for his ensemble …
Jacob Bauer
… Born in Szenice, Hungary. Cantor and adaptor of music in the Turkish-Israelite temple in Vienna . Founder and first editor of the Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Kantoren-Zeitung (1881-1898). Together with Isidor Lowit, published a collection of …
Herman Berlinski
… Born in Leipzig in 1910. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1941. Was known as an organist (which he played … as a composer. Many of his compositions are based on Jewish themes, including liturgical as well as non-liturgical works (chamber, organ and vocal works). The Herman Berlinsky music collection, which contains …
Abel Ehrlich
… 2003 immigrated in 1939), 1997 Israel Prize laureate, is the most prolific of all Israeli composers, with more than … Rosowsky (1939-1944) in Eretz-Israel, and taught many of the third generation of composers in various institutions and at the Tel-Aviv music academy since 1964 (1967-1991, at Tel …
Abraham Caceres (Casseres)
… Dutch composer. Abraham Caceres (Casseres) was the leading musician in the Portuguese community of Amsterdam . Only a few of his … and adaptations of his compositions were created during the second half of the 18th century. Recordings of Caceres …