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Sholom Secunda
… and C. Once in New York, Mr. Wolf began to manage Sholom's musical career, setting up engagements in a number of … career came to a venerable halt. However, he continued his musical and general education at Eron Prep School, and began … His output from this period includes a string quartet, a violin concerto, an orchestral tone poem, and two cantatas: …
Mordekhai Seter
… occasions, was chosen to conclude the first Israeli Music Celebration (September 1998; an annual festival … chamber music, notably the often-performed Sonata (two violins, 1951-2) Ricercar (strings, 1953-6), and Elegy (violin and piano, 1954). His orchestral pieces were written …
Yehuda Sharett (Shertok)
… prize ) , a piece combining Jewish tradition with modern musical elements. Also known for composing poems of various Hebrew poets. … Isareli Composer & violinist … Song … Composer … Hebrew … Songs … Yehuda …
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
… Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco received his formal musical education at the Istituto Musicale Cherubini in Florence , with a focus of piano … Jascha Heifitz commissioned Castelnuovo-Tedesco to write a violin concerto. In response to rising anti-Semitism in …
Jacques Offenbach
… was born in Cologne to father Isaac Offenbach , a local music teacher and hazzan. He was identified as a musical prodigy early on, and at the age of four he began to study violin with his father. By age nine, Offenbach took up study …
Jan Peerce
… in New York City in 1904. Peerce’s first instrument was the violin, beginning his performance career as a violinist for an NYC dance band. In 1933, he was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from …
David Zehavi
… the family returned to Tel Aviv. Zehavi did not study music in an orderly manner due to lack of means. His older sister, Leah Goldis, pushed him to get a musical education and playing the violin. But Zehavi preferred to play the piano. He began …
Joseph Kaminski
… Born in Odessa, (toady in Ukraine). Studied music in Warsaw, Berlin and Vienna. Worked as a violin player in Warsaw, as the first violin in the Warsaw Radio Symphony Orchestra. Immigrated to …
Isadore Freed
… States and settled in Philadelphia , PA. Freed studied music formally at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in music at the age of 18. In 1923, Freed spent five months in … Music in Philadelphia . The program included a Sonata for Violin and Piano, a Suite for Viola and Piano, his first …
David Beyglman
… Ostrowiec (Kielce province of Poland). Beyglman began his musical education at a young age, studying several instruments, chiefly the clarinet and the violin. In 1912, he became the director of the Yitskhok … early years of the war and of ghetto life, and new forms of musical and theatrical expression were adapted to the harsh …