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Karel Ančerl
… to organize an ensemble comprised of sixteen first violins, twelve seconds, eight violas, six cellos, and one double bass. The young and talented violinist Karel Kröhlich was chosen as concertmaster, seconded by veteran violinist Egon Ledeč. Terezín’s music critic Victor Ullmann …
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
… a time, he was accompanied by Karol Rosensweig, an amateur violinist and traveling salesman from Vienna . Hershkowitz …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… an owner of a local department store, a rabbi, and a violinist by education, endured inhuman suffering in the …
Nahum Heiman
… and the grandson of a skipper who played harmonica and violin. Since his parents and grandparents all spoke Hebrew, …
Fritz (Friedrich) Kriesler
… Friedrich 'Fritz' Kreisler was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. Of Jewish heritage, he was … the age of 12. He was one of the most noted violin masters of his day and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known for his sweet tone and …
Leon Blank
… and singer. Blank’s great success in the play 'David's Violin' in 1897 catapulted his career on stage. In addition …
Josef Bonime
… his degrees, he toured as a piano accompanist with famed violinists Mischa Elman and Eugene Ysaye. In the 1920’s he …
Max Leibowitz
… Sarah. He had 3 children. Leibowitz was an American klezmer violinist and was a contemporary of other Romanian-born … 'Baym Rebbe's Sideh' (Classic klezmer) … American klezmer violinist, composer & conductor … 0 … undefined … Max …
Joel Walbe
… cultivate his musical interest in secret by practicing the violin secretly in the attic, and by listening to organ …
Reuben Rinder
… , Ben-Haim and Marc Lavry , and launching the career of violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern. These …