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Joseph Michael Gusikow
Musician. Born in Shklov, Belorussia to a family of 'Klezmerim.' Became famous in Europe…
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Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
Kashtan (Shlomoh ben Shimshon, or Salomon, the son of Samson), aka Salomon Weintraub…
Alexander L. Ringer
Alexander L. Ringer was an American research musicologist and educator of Dutch and…
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Samuel Naumbourg
Samuel Naumbourg was born in Dennelohe, Bavaria, groomed from a young age to continue…
Yizhak Edel
Yitzhak Edel was born in Warsaw in 1896 to a Hassidic family. His grandfather, a…
Joseph Achron
Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania. His musical genius…
Joseph Shlisky
Joseph Shlisky was born in Ostrowiec Voivodeship, Poland, around 1894. As a child, he…
Pavel Haas
Pavel Haas was born in Brno (today in Czech Republic). He studied at the Brno…
Israel Goldfarb
Israel Goldfarb was born in Sieniawa, Galicia (today Poland), and immigrated to New York…
Jo Amar
In the early 1960’s, Jo Amar was a Mizrahi music star. He combined ‘paytanut’ and poetry…