Issakhar Fater: "Jewish Music in Poland between the World Wars"

We Remember The Jewish Musicians!

Issachar Fater:

"Jewish Music in Poland between the World Wars"
Hakkibutz Hameuchad

http://kibutz-poalim.co.il/

Tel Aviv, 1992 (Hebrew)
ISBN 965-02-0060-6

Cover: Yosel Berger

The book was written originally and published in Yiddish:

Fater, Issachar. Yidishe Muzik in Poiln: Tzvishn Beide Velt-Milkhamos/Jewish Music in Poland Between the Two World Wars. Tel Aviv, Welt-Federatzie fun Poilishe Yidn, 1970

Marc Chagall: Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel ca. 1938

Lexicon of Jewish Musicians in Poland
A Partial List

Pages 237-346

Translated, Extracted and Compiled by Ada Holtzman, September 2003

I've added some musicians which appear only in the Polish version with the code +pol

The book details in Polish: Issakhar Fater: "Muzyka Zydowska w Polsce w Okresie Miedzywojennym"
Oficyna Wydawnicza
Warszawa 1997
ISBN 83-86678-51-8
Book is available at the JHI in Warszawa: (among others):
The Jewish Historical Institute in Poland
ul. Tlomackie 3/5
Tel: 22/8279221
Fax: 22/8278372

The original text contains short biographies of each musician. I shall send a copy if someone is interested in a certain musician's biography. Ada Holtzman email: ada001 "at" netvision.net.il (replace "at" by @ to avoid spam)

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No.	SURNAME	Name	The Musician				YEARS	TOWN	Page
1	AGEMAN	Lea	A teacher				?-1942 Holocaust	Warszawa	239
2	AGEMAN	Mojzesz	A conductor				?-1942 Holocaust	Warszawa	239
3	ALTENBERG	Marian	A pianist and a conductor				1907-1943	Warszawa	241
4	ALTERMAN	Hilel	The first cantor of Łódź				1849-1934	Russia / Łódź	241
5	ANHALT	Pawel	A musician, theoretician				-	-	+pol229
6	APTE	Henryk, Dr.	A Vilonist				?-1942	Krakow	241
7	ARNOLD - HERSTEIN	Roza, Dr.	A pianist, pedagogue, manager of a music school				1896 - ?	Krakow / Rzeszow	243
8	ARONOWICZ	Dan	A composer and music critic				1909-1981	Pultusk	242
9	ARONOWICZ	Zygmunt	A pianist				-	Warszawa	243
10	AUSTERLIC	Karol	A jazz player				1906-	Warszawa	240
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11	BAGON	Ber	A conductor, composer				-	Wilna	244
Bagon Ber, a composer, conductor and a master. He was born in Wilna (Vilnius). His father was a writer. Bagon was fully absorbed with the Jewish tradition. He studied music by the famous cantor A.M. Bernstein and in the Polish conservatoire in Wilna. He moved to Warsaw and continued his studies in the Warsaw conservatoire. At the same time he already guided a chamber music orchestra. Bagon was zealot of the Jewish music, and when 10 years anniversary were marked from the death of Yoel Angel, he organized in the conservatoire of Warsaw a grand concert dedicated to his memory. The concert took place on May 9^th, 1937, and was opened by a speech of Leon Levita (among the Zionist leaders in Warsaw) and Ber made a lecture about Yoel Angel. In the musical program participated Zimra Zeligfeld and M. Klincki and the chamber orchestra conducted by Ber Bagon. His quartet to wind instruments, “Judaica” was played in a chamber concert of the Warsaw conservatoire.
12	BAKMAN	Icchak	A cellist				WWII, died in Russia	Radom	245
Bakman Icchak – a cellist, the young brother of Szymon Bakman. He was born and grew up in Radom. He studied music in the National Conservatoire, with the Professor Kochanski and Chamber music with Mr. Szaliewski. He played the cello in the String Quartet of the Warsaw Conservatoire. In a competition of String Quartets, which took place in Warsaw, his Jewish quartet won the first prize. He also played in the Chamber Orchestra conducted by the young master Ber Bagon. During the war he fled to Russia where he perished.
13	BAKMAN	Szymon	A violinist virtuoso				-	Radom	245
Bakman Szymon – a violinist virtuoso, born and studied in Radom, and then continued with advance study abroad and reached the grade of a master musician. He won a few prizes in international competitions of playing the violin. Szymon Bakman appeared in concerts in capital towns of Europe and finally settled in Zurich' where he was the leading player in the Philharmonic Orchestra. From time to time he used to arrive to Warsaw and played there in the Philharmonic Orchestra.
14	BAR	Maria Miriam	A pianist and a pedagogue				-	Warszawa	246
15	BARUCH	Wacław	A violinist				Holocaust	Warszawa	246
16	BAS	Szalom	Choirmaster and a teacher				Holocaust (Partisan)	Danielowicz (near Wilna)	245
17	BAUER	Marek Dr.	A violinist and a pedagogue				Holocaust (Janow)	Lwow	245
18	BEIGELMAN	Abraham	A pianist				Holocaust	Łódź	247
Abraham BEIGELMAN -- Pianist and accompanist, son of Szymon Beigelman. He studied music in with his father, and had innate talent for arranging and adapting songs for piano accompaniment, often improvising and harmonizing on the spot. He also played in night clubs. He was murdered by the Nazis. Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
19	BEIGELMAN	Chaim	A violinist and a saxophone player				1916 -	Łódź (the only Survivor)	247
Chaim BEIGELMAN was a violinist and a saxophone player. He was the son of Szymon. He was born in Łódź at 1916 and studied music there. He was educated in the environment and atmosphere of Jewish music lovers and he excelled in his music playing. He played in the entertainment theater "Ararat" and later in night clubs. Chaim was the only survivor of the Beigelman family. After ghetto Łódź he was in various German Concentration Camps and in the end was liberated in the small town of Kamm in Bavaria, where he founded an orchestra name "The Happy Boys", who served the American Forces in Germany. With this orchestra he also played before the Displaces Persons Camps in Germany. Later on he immigrated to the United States and he settled there. Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
20	BEIGELMAN	Chanan	A saxophonist and accordionist				1916 - Holocaust	Łódź	248
Chanan BEIGELMAN (1916 - ? ) -- Saxophonist and accordionist, son of Szymon Beigelman. He studied music with his father and excelled in playing the accordion and saxophone. Well grounded in jazz music, he played in the best jazz bands in Łódź, and was often invited to play in other large cities. He perished during the Nazi occupation. Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
21	BEIGELMAN	Salomon	A violinist				Holocaust	Łódź	248
22	BEIGELMAN	Szymon	A clarinet player, theater musician				Holocaust ?	Ostrów Mazowiecka	248
Szymon BEIGELMAN -- Clarinetist and musician. The father of the well-known conductor David BEIGELMAN, he was born and lived in Ostrów Mazowiecka and later moved to Łódź with his entire family. Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
23	BELZACKI	Dawid	A conductor and composer				-	Warszawa	251
24	BELZACKI	Jerzy	A pianist and composer				-	-	251
25	BELZACKI	Stanisław	A pianist and composer				1891-?	Warszawa	251
Stanisław BELZACKI (1891 - ?) -- Pianist and composer; jazz musician. He was one of the most active popular entertainment musicians in Poland. He led a famous quintet which used to perform in Warsaw at the coffee house “Esplanade.” He single-handedly arranged jazz compositions, his own and others’, which were very warmly received by the Warsaw public. Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
26	BEM	Czesław	A viola player				1883-1942 Holocaust	Warszawa	244
27	BEREZOWSKI	Szraga Fajwel	A choirmaster and a teacher for singing				-	Warszawa / Grodno	251
28	BEREZOWSKI	Szaul	A Yiddish theater musician				1908-1975	Grodno / Bialystok	252
29	BERKMAN	Bernard	A pianist and a pedagogue				Holocaust	Warszawa	252
30	BERMAN	Jakub	A choirmaster and a composer				1860-1932	Zdzieciol / Bialystok	251
31	BIALOSTOCKI	Zygmunt	A pianist and a composer				? 1942	Warszawa	247
32	BILIG	Adolf Dr.	A violinist				1900 - Holocaust	Krakow	248
33	BIRNBAUM	Abraham Ber	A cantor, composer and a pedagogue				1865-1922	Pultusk	248
34	BIRNBAUM	Zdzisław Birenbaum			A conductor		1880-1922	Warszawa, Berlin	250
35	BLECHAROWICZ	Abraham	A cantor and opera singer				?-1968	? Near Wilna, Riga, Warszawa	250
36	BLUMENFELD	Diana	A folklorist singer				1906-1961	Warszawa	250
37	BODENSTEIN	Adasz	A pianist				1911-	Szpola (Ukraine) / Warszawa	244
38	BODENSTEIN	Chaim	A viola player				1908-1981	Szpola (Ukraine) / Warszawa	244
Chaim BODENSZTAJN (1908 - 1981) -- A viola player, younger brother of Stanisław. Born in Shpola, Ukraine and emigrated to Warsaw as a child. He studied music at the Warsaw Conservatory under Professor Czink and Eli Kochanski. In 1926 he became a professional musician, playing on the radio, in movie theaters, and sometimes in concert. In 1936 he was invited by Bronisŀaw HUBERMAN to join the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra which Huberman founded, and Bedensztajn lived in Tel Aviv until his death. Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
39	BODENSTEIN	Stanisław	A violinist				1906-1939	Shpola (Ukraine) / Warszawa	245
Stanisław BODENSZTAJN (1906 - 1939) – Violinist and orchestra leader. Born in Shpola, Ukraine and emigrated to Warsaw at an early age. He studied violin at the Warsaw Conservatory, played in the well known night clubs, “Oaza” and “Bristol,” and founded his own orchestra. Stanisław Bodensztajn perished in the first month of the war during a bombardment. Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
40	BORENSTEIN	Cwi	A singer and a cantor				-	Warszawa	247
41	BORUNSKI	Leon	A pianist				1909-1942 ²⁾	Warszawa	246
Borunski Leon. A pianist. Winner of the Chopin Prize contest in Poland. He was among the best accompanists in Poland. He played in entertainment theaters "Morskie Oko" and "Qui Pro Quo". During the war he was in Russia and played with the ensemble of Edi Rosner. After his return to Poland he was murdered by Poles in Otwock near Warsaw. Borunski was the husband of the well known actress in Poland Stefania Gorska.
42	BRAUN	Paulina	A composer and texts writer				? - 1943 (Maidanek)	Warszawa	252
Pola Braun was a composer and texts writer. She lived in Warsaw and composed music to the Polish theater. In the Warsaw ghetto she wrote poems which were sung by the singer Diana Blumenfeld. Among her famous poems: "Zuruk a hajm" (return home), "hat rachmanut" (please have pity), "a chalom" (a dream) and others. She was murdered in Majdanek during the year of 1943.
43	BRI	Emil	A jazz violinist				-	-	253
44	BROJDE	Katriel	A folklore composer				1907-1945 (Koenisberg)	Wilna	253
45	BUSEL	Eliahu	A singing teacher and a conductor				Holocaust	Dziatlowo	247
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46	CENTNERSZWER	Maksymilian	A violinist, music critic				-	Warszawa	318
47	CHAJKIN	Szymszon	A violinist, soloist and pedagogue				? Holocaust (Astonia)	? Lithuania	286
48	CYMBLER	A. Dr.	A theoretician, musicologist and a pedagogue				-	Russia ,Wilna	318
49	CYMERMAN	Chaim Dr.	A cantor and singer				-	Lublin	318
50	CYMERMAN	Jakub	A violinist and violins repairer				-	Staszow	318
Cymerman Jakub - A violinist and violins repairer. Was born in Staszów. In his youth, he taught himself to play the violin, and later he learnt from a local Kleizmer. He moved to Warsaw, where he was vilolin-maker and repaired violins. Great artists were among those who visited his workshop. They were impressed by his work and asked his opinion on the sound of the violin. Translated by a descendant, Nadav Eshkar.
51	DARGUZANSKI	Mojzesz	A conductor, singing teacher and music critic				1867-1930	Olkieniki / Trok	262
52	DATYNER	Herman Dr.	A pianist, accompanist and music activist				-	Warszawa	262
53	DATYNER	Leon	A singer and Zionist activist				-	Warszawa	262
54	DAWIDOWICZ LICHTERMAN	Sonia	A pianist and accompanist				-	Warszawa	262
55	DIAMANT	Ala	A soprano singer				-	Łódź	265
56	DOBRZYNIEC	A.	A violinist, part of a quartet				1897-1944 Holocaust	Warszawa	261
57	DOBRZYNIEC	Stanisław	A violinist and a conductor				-	Warszawa	261
58	DOLICKA	Hilda	A soprano drama singer				-	Warszawa	262
59	DOREMBUS	Nachman	A choirmaster				-	Zakroczym	263
60	DROBNER	Mieczysław	A pedagogue and a music theoretician				-	Krakow	265
61	DURMASZKIN	Akiwa	A conductor, composer and a cantor				Holocaust (Wilna)	Radom / Wilna	265
62	DURMASZKIN	Wolf	A pianist, accompanist and a conductor				1914-1944 Holocaust (Astonia)	Wilna	263
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63	EDEL	Icchak Edel				A conductor, pedagogue and a compo	18	Warszawa	237
64	EIDELSON	Josef	A cantor and a singer				1910 -?	Warszawa	241
65	EIGER	Wladysław	A pianist and a compositor				-	Łódź	240
66	ELBAUM	Wladysław	A soloist pianist				-	Warszawa	238
67	ELBOJM	Samuel	A musician and a conductor				1892-1942 Holocaust	Kutno	238
68	ELMAN	Adam	A singer				-	Warszawa	239
69	ENGLENDER	Szymon	A violinist and a pedagogue				-	Warszawa	239
70	ERWEST	Ida	A singer				?-1942 Holocaust	Warszawa	239
71	ETKIN	Roza	A soloist pianist				-	Warszawa	238
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72	FALKOWSKA	Lena	A pianist and a pedagogue				-	Warszawa	311
73	FAMILIER-HEFNER	Janina	A pianist				Holocaust (Aktion in Ghetto Warszawa)	Warszawa	311
74	FATER	Issachar Fater		A musician, conductor, pedagogue and a music researcher			1912-	Drobin, Zakroczym, Warszawa	309
75	FATER	Szmuel Icchak Fater		A cantor and a composer			1888-1942 Holocaust (Warszawa Ghetto)	Makow Mazowiecki, Drobin, Zakroczym	308
76	FEIER	Bernardo	A conductor and a teacher of singing				1910-1967	Lwow	314
77	FEIERBERG	Zygmunt	-				-	-	249+pol
78	FEIFER	Roza	A singer				-	Warszawa	314
79	FEINSTEIN	Edwarda	A pianist, soloist and an accompanist				-	Warszawa	313
80	FEINSTEIN	Regina	A pianist & an accompanist				-	Warszawa	314
81	FELTENSTEIN	Stefania	A virtuoso pianist				-	Warszawa	316
82	FERSZKO	Chaim	A pianist and a composer				-	Warszawa	316
83	FERSZKO	Michael	A pianist and accompanist				?-1942 Holocaust	Luck	316
84	FERSZKO	Sara	A singer				-	-	31
85	FERSZKO	Stanisław (Szmuel)	A pianist accompanist				-	Luck	316
86	FIEDLER	Bobi	A saxophone player and jazz player				? - 1942 Holocaust	Warszawa	312
87	FILIP	Ludwik	A musician, opera and theater orchestras conductor				1901-	? Lwow	314
88	FISCHAUT	Josef	A professor, pianist, accompanist and a pedagogue				? 1942 Holocaust	Warszawa	314
89	FISCHMAN	Henryk	A violinist				1896-1942 Holocaust	Warszawa	315
90	FITELBERG	Grzegorz	A violinist, conductor and a composer				1879-1953	Dwinsk (Latvia), Warsaw Poland	312-313
GRZEGORZ FITELBERG (1879-1953) a violinist, conductor and a composer. He was born in Daugavpils (Dwinsk) Latvia, a son of a musician. He was a student in the Music Institution at Warsaw, andtaught by the teachers: Prof. Stanisław Barcewicz and Zygmunt Noskowski. Afterwards he was a violinist in the Philharmonic Orchestra of Warsaw and from 1904 he was the conductor of that Orchestra. In 1911 he went on a tour of performances in Germany and later invited to Vienna to receive the conductor’s baton from Bruno Walter. From 1914 until 1920 he was active in Russia. In 1921 he returned to Poland and shortly later he was invite to London to conduct the Ballet Orchestra of Sergei Diaghilev. From 1924 Grzegorz Fitelberg very engaged in many musical activities in Warsaw: he was one of the main conductors of the Philharmonic Orchestra, often conducted the Opera’s orchestra, directed the conducting of the Warsaw Conservatory; and organizing the orchestra of the Polish Radio which won the gold medal in an Exhibition held in Paris at 1937. In addition to these roles, he was a guest conductor in various concerts in many of the main capital cities of Europe. In the War years he was in America and after his return to Poland in 1946, He settled in Katowice and reconstructed the Philharmonic Orchestra, which gained a special high recognition by the Polish government. Grzegorz Fitelberg was gifted with exceptional organizational powers and blessed initiative and resourcefulness. The repertoire of Grzegorz Fitelberg was varied and included works by Stravinsky, Ravel, Hindemith, Prokofiev, Mihaud, Honegger, Roussel and even Johann Strauss. He included in his programs also the classical and famous compositions. Fitelberg conducted all this variety in the same devotion and inspiration. In a letter from 5.5.1949 to his good friend Jakob Surowicz in Tel Aviv, he wrote that his only want to fulfil his dream and meet there in the new State of Israel his true friends and play with them together on the stage once again. He is proud of his brothers in Isreal who fought with such courage to win the independence of the State of Israel and he is himself full of pride. He is attracted with all his soul to all those “whom he was only formally separated from”. Grzegorz Feitelberg conducting the Warsaw Radio Symphonic Orchestra (1935)
91	FLASTER	Juta	A pianist, soloist				Holocaust	Krakow	315
92	FLATO	Arkadi	A violinist, jazz player				-	Warszawa	315
Flatao Arkadi - A violinist and Jazz player. He belonged to a group of musicians, who in 1933 escaped from Germany. He arrived to Warsaw and organized there a Jass group. He excelled in combining new Swing rhythms with entertainment music for dances. During the Nazi occupation he was in the ghetto and opened there a Coffee Shop in by the name of "Cyganska Tawerna" (the Cave of the Gypsies).
93	FLIDERBAUM	Mieczysław Mosze	A violinist, player in string quartet, conductor				1896-?	Petersburg, Warszawa	315
FLIDERBAUM Mieczysław Mosze (1896-1978), was born in Saint Petersburg, where he studied music and finish the conservatory in the year of 1917, student of Professor Leopold Auer (1845-1930). From the year of 1918 until 1936 (with a short period) he was the chief violinist in the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. During many years he was the secretary of the known Jewish philanthropy, the Baron Dawid Ginzburg, and because of that he managed to have constant contacts with Jewish public activists. Mieczysław was always also connected to the Jewish musicians' circles in Warsaw. When he was in Warsaw he appeared with the Philharmonic orchestra as soloist, conducted by the famous conductors: Józef Ozimiński, Henryk Melcer – Szczawiński, Jan Nawinski, Adam Dolzycki and others. He played Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Młynarski, Wieniawski, and other works of Scandinavian composers and others. In the 30s he was member of the "Polish Quartet" whose artists were: Irena Dubienka, Emil Młynarski, Eliasz Kochanowski and himself. During the time there were changes in the composition when the viola player Mieczysław Szławski appeared to be anti-Semite, then Fliderbaum left the quartet. The newspaper "Warszawer Kurier" from 15 December 1933 tells about the big failure of the quartet in Kraków. Every year the Bolonski Concert Hall was completely full in order to listen to the concerts of the quartet, but this time, without Fliderbaum it was almost empty. In 1936 Fliderbaum arrived to Tel Aviv and joined the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra. Most of the music critics considered him to be one of the most important players of the National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. He was considered violinist with high musical culture and magnificent technique. "And on top of all he was also full of grace and noble behavior". FLIDERBAUM Mieczysław Mosze, photograph contributed by grand-son Marc Peliel
94	FOLGER	Dr. Marcin Folger			A violinist and a conductor		?-1941 Holocaust	Brody, Stanisławow	310
FOLGER Martzin, Dr. (1941-?), violinist and conductor. Born in Brod, Galicia; he studied music in Vienna. Upon his return to Poland, he settled in Stanisławaw. conducted and taught there at the gymnasium. During many years, he conducted the orchestra of the Association named after Munioshko. He was murdered by the Nazis in 1941.
95	FOLMAN	Lola	A folklore singer and soloist				-	Warszawa	311
Lola Folman was a popular singer and a soloist. She attended the famous choir of Szneur in Warsaw. Due to her blessed talents she reached the level of a master, as a singer and as a folklorist who sings Jewish popular songs. In the 30s she was very famous and loved by many Jews and the Jewish theater critiques. She used to participate in programs of entertainment theaters in Poland and in addition took part in balls which were dedicated to the folklore Jewish melodies. She settled in New York.
96	FREIMAN - SOSNOWSKA	Izabela	A pianist, musicologist and music critic				-	Krakow	317
97	FRENKEL	Meir	choir master				-	Kutno	317
98	FRIEDMAN	Salomon	-				-	-	253+pol
99	FRONT	Julek	A violinist				-	Warszawa	317
100	FRYDLAND	Aleksander	A violinist and conductor				1915-	???	253+pol
101	FURMANSKI	Adam	A trumpeter and conductor				1883-1943 Holocaust (Aktion in Ghetto Warszawa)	Warszawa	311
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102	GELBART	Israel Jehoszua	A teacher of singing				1895-1942 Holocaust (Aktion in Ghetto Łódź)	Ozorkow / Łódź	260
Israel Yehoszua GELBERT (1895 – 1942) He was a music teacher in Jewish schools in Łódż . He was born in Ozorków. He was the brother of a famous musician in America, Mikhel Gelbert. He studied music in Łódż and was a teacher of music and singing in secular schools at that town. He fulfilled his positions with much dedication and responsibility. He excelled in his love to the Jewish child. Gelbert also wrote music to Hebrew texts. He perished during the Nazi German occupation in one of the Actions (Akcja).
103	GELBRUN	Artur	A violinist, conductor and composer				1913-1985	Warszawa	260
104	GELERNETER	Kazimierz	A young pianist				-	Warszawa	260
105	GERSZOWICZ	Tamara	A pianist and pedagogue				-	Wilna	259
106	GERSZTERNKORN	J.	A viola player				-	Warszawa	261
107	GERT	Jerzy	A composer and conductor				1908-1968	Tarnow	261
108	GERTL	Mechl (Michal)	A musician and cultural activist				-	Hrubieszow	261
109	GIMPEL	Adolf	A violinist, player of clarinet and theater conductor				1875-? Holocaust (Lwow Ghetto)	Lwow	256
109a	GIMPEL	Bronisław	A violinist				? - 1979	Lwow	AS
110	GIMPEL	Jakub, (Kuba)	A pianist				1906 - Died in Los Angeles (1996?) (AS)	Lwow	256
111	GIMPEL	Karol	A pianist				1890-1942 (hospital in Buchara)¹⁾	Lwow	256
112	GINZBURG	Arie vel Alfred	A violinist				1911-1980	Warszawa	256
113	GINZBURG	Baruch vel Bolesław	A celist				1906-1990	War	257
114	GINZBURG	Dow vel Bronisław	A pianist, percussion instruments player and composer				1906-1989	Warszawa	258
115	GINZBURG	Grzegorz	A violinist				1904 -	Warszawa	257
116	GINZBURG	Pesach Pawel Ginzburg		A viola player			1881-1944	Warszawa	258
117	GISER	P.	A music teacher and violinist				-	Radom	258
118	GLATSTEIN	Josef Szlomo	A choirmaster and music critic				1890-1942 Holocaust (Warszawa Ghetto)	Lublin	259
119	GLEZER	Chanan	A choirmaster				1904-1942 Holocaust (Kovno)	Wilna	260
120	GOLD	Adam	A clarinetist				-	-	259+pol
121	GOLD	Artur	A violinist and composer of dance music				1897-1943 Holocaust	Warszawa	254
122	GOLDBERG	Filip	A jazz player				-	Warszawa	254
123	GOLDBERG	Szymon	A violinist artist and conductor				1909-1991	Wlocławek	254
124	GOLDBLUM	Artur	An engineer, composer				-	Radom	254
125	GOLDSTEIN	Jakub	A cantor and singer				1897- ?	Warszawa	255
126	GOLDSTEIN	Josef	A pianist, pedagogue and opera conductor				1899-?	Kalisz	255
127	GORNOWSKI	Jan	A violinist				-	Warszawa	255
128	GOTLIB	Zdzisław	A violinist, clarinet and a saxophone player				-	-	253
Zdizsław GOTLIB -- Violinist, clarinetist and saxophonist from Kraków. He studied music while a student at the Jagiellonian University. He began playing as an amateur and later became a professional saxophonist. The ensemble to which he belonged carried the name “Shal”, and was recognized as one of the best in Poland. -- J. Radinski: Obywatel Jazz (p. 105) Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
129	GUTWERK	Mosze	choirmaster and composer				1906-1942 Holocaust	Wars	255
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130	HABER	Leopold	A pianist and organizer of jazz orchestra				-	Krakow	265
131	HAK	Szmuel	A choirs conductor and a singing teacher				-	Luck	269
132	HALLER	Tinka	A singer and teacher of singing				-	Stanisławow	266
133	HALPERIN	Henryk	A violinist and conductor				1896 -?	Warszawa	266
134	HALPERIN (not in Polish!)??	Maksimilian	A contrabass player and conductor of entertainment theaters				1869 - ?	Lublin	266
135	HAMERMAN	Israel	A pianist, accompanist and conductor				1914-1943 Holocaust (Ghetto Warszawa)	Warszawa / Lwow	267
136	HARRIS	Albert	A musician, texts writer and jazz player				-	-	270
137	HARRIS	Miecisław	A musician and texts writer				-	Lublin	270
138	HEILMAN	Icchak	A conductor and pedagogue				1906 -	Lwow	270
139	HEIMAN	Zygmunt	A jazz player and a banjo player				-	Warszawa	271
140	HELLER	Leon	A violinist and saxophone player, mainly jazz music				1908 or 1906	Warszawa	272
141	HENDEL	Ida Hendel			A violinist		1925 -	Chelm	272
142	HERMELIN	Artur	A soloist pianist				1901-1943	Lwow	273
143	HERMELIN	Natan, Ław Dr.	A violinist, conductor and composer				1875-1941 Holocaust (Lwow, Suicide)	Lwow	273
144	HERSZMAN	Mordechai	A cantor and musician				1886-1943	? From Wolyn	273
145	HERSZMAN	Szlomo	A cantor and singer				-	? From Wolyn	274
146	HIMELSTEIN	Abraham Mordechai	A musician, conductor				1905-1978	Warszawa, Grodzisk, Plock	271
147	HIRSCHFELD	Jakub	A pianist, accompanist, opera conductor and pedagogue.				1870-1934	Warszawa	272
148	HIRSCHIN	Eliahu (Elinke)	A cantor, conductor, composer and a writer				1876-1960	Plonsk, Warszawa	271
149	HOFFMAN	Jan Jakub	A pianist, admirer of Chopin, a pedagogue				1906 - 1995	Krakow	268
Son of Jehuda Juliusz Hoffman (150) and brother of Mieczyslaw (151) He appears on a Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hoffman#cite_ref-2
150	HOFFMAN	Jehuda Juliusz	A musician, conductor and accompanist				1878-1941 Holocaust (Auschwitz)	Odessa / Krakow	268
151	HOFFMAN	Mieczysław Mietek	A pianist and an accompanist				Holocaust (Lwow)	Krakow	268
152	HOFMAN	Dr. Szlomo Hofman			A composer, musicologist and pedagogue		1909 -	Warszawa	268
153	HOFMAN	Tobiasz Szymon	A tenor singer				1907-1942 Holocaust	Warszawa	268
154	HOFMEKLER	Liole	A conductor				Holocaust (Wilna, Ponar)	Wilna / Kowno	269
155	HOLCMAN	Ludwik Holcman			A violinist and conductor		1889-1942 Holocaust (Treblinka)	? Near Warszawa	266
156	HOROWIC	Marceli	A violinist, pedagogue and conductor				1909-1942 Holocaust (Lwow)	Stryj / Lwow	269
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157	JEDWABNIK	Dawid, Dr.	A musician, activist, artists and musicians guardian				-	Wilna	286
158	JELENSKI	Hirsz	A singer				-	Lwow	286
159	JOFE	Miron	A pianist and master choir				-	Radom	286
160	JOSELZON	Tadeusz	A violinist and saxophone player				-	Łódź	285
161	JOSKOWICZ	Abraham Iser	choirmaster and A singing teacher				Holocaust (Wilna)	Piatnica near Lomza	286
162	KAC	Albert	A cellist, chamber music player and conductor				1910-	Wilna	287
163	KAC	J.	A viola player				-	Warszawa	287
164	KAC	Mordechai Markus	A cantor and singer				-	Near Krzemieniec in Wolyn District	287
165	KAC	Renate	A soprano lyric singer				-	-	287
166	KACMAN	Dawid	A cantor, lyric tenor singer				-	Lwow, Bialystok	323
167	KAGAN	Jakub	A pianist, jazz player				-	Warszawa	319
168	K- KOCHANOWSKI	Feliks	A violinist and operas conductor				1889-1943 Holocaust	Nowogrodek	319
169	KAGAN - KOCHANOWSKI	Mieczysław	A violinist and operas conductor				1887-1943 Holocaust	Nowogrodek	319
170	KALECKI	Jakub	-				-	-	270+pol
171	KALMANOWICZ	Halina	A pianist, soloist				? - 1942 Holocaust	Wilna	321
172	KAMINSKI - GORDUS	Klara	A singing teacher				-	Warszawa	321
173	KAMPELMACHER	Bernard	A singing teacher and conductor				-	Galicia, Sochaczew	321
174	KANTOROWICZ	Aleksander	A violinist, conductor and pedagogue				1900-	Wilna	322
175	KAPLAN	Pesach	A conductor, composer and music critic				? - 1943 Holocaust (Bialystok)	Bialystok	322
176	KASZOWSKI	Frydryk	A trumpeter, soloist				-	Warszawa	323
177	KATASZEK	Szymon	A pianist, conductor of jazz bands				? - 1943 Holocaust (Warszawa)	Warszawa	320
178	KINSTLER	Becalel	A choirmaster				-	Lwow	327
179	KIRSZBRAUN	Arnold Dr.	A violinist and musicologist				-	Warszawa	327
180	KLECKI	Pawel Klecki	A conductor, composer and violinist				1900-1973	Łódź	328
181	KLEIMAN	Teodor	A violinist, player in quartet and soloist				-	Lublin, Warszawa	327
182	KLINICKI	Mendel	A singer, lyric tenor				-	Luck	327
183	KLINICKI	Rywka	A lyric soprano singer				-	Luck	327
184	KLINKOWSTEIN	Szmuel	A violinist and cellist				-	Plock	328
185	KOCHANSKI	Eli	A cellist and pedagogue				1885-1940 Holocaust (Warszawa)	Warszawa	320
186	KOCHANSKI	Pawel	A violinist and conductor				1884-1934	Russia	320
187	KOFFLER	Josef Koffler	A musicologist and composer				1896 - 1943 1944 ? Holocaust	Stryj, Lwow	323
188	KOLODNI	Josele	A folklore singer				? - 1942 Holocaust	Pinsk	321
189	KON	Hersz	choirmaster and conductor				1889-1942 Holocaust	Łódź	321
190	KOPECKA	Wanda	A soloist pianist and pedagogue				Holocaust	Czestochowa	323
191	KOWARSKI	Miriam	A pianist and pedagogue				-	Wilna	320
192	KREWER	Cecylia	A pianist and pedagogue				? 1941 Holocaust (Ponar)	Wilna	329
193	KRYSZTAL	Wilhelm	A violinist, pedagogue and music activist				1900-?	Kielce, Warszawa	329
194	KUMOK	Herman	A conductor of theatrical bands				-	-	324
Herman Kumok was a conductor of various theaters, orchestras and various bands. He always processed the material by himself and matched it to the orchestra he conducted. His songs to various plays in Yiddish: "Voyberishe Kniplech" (Female savings) and "Di Primadone" (The First Dame) by Vaxman were very successful and were sung by many Jews. He mainly worked in Warsaw. He performed also in the provincial towns of Poland. (Translated by AH)
195	KUSEWICKI	Dawid	A cantor and singer				1911-1985	Smorogonie	324
196	KUSEWICKI	Jakub	A cantor and lyric tenor singer				1903-1959	Smorogonie	324
197	KUSEWICKI	Mosze	A cantor and lyric tenor singer				1900-1966	Smorogonie	324
198	KUSEWICKI	Symcha	A cantor and singer				1905-	Smorogonie	326
199	KUSZES	Szlomo	-				-	Warszawa	327
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200	LABUSZYNSKI	Josef Labuszynski	Contrabass player				1886-1942 Holocaust (Ghetto)	Warszawa	287
201	LAMPEL	Lothar	A jazz singer				-	-	288
202	LANDAU	Helena, Dr.	A pianist, soloist and pedagogue				?-1942 Holocaust (Przemysl)	Krakow	288
203	LANDAU	Lajb, Dr.	A musician, activist, scholar and Jewish music patron				-	Przemysl, Lwow	288
204	LANDAU	Stanisław	A jazz singer				-	Krakow	288
369	LANDOWSKI	Wanda	A pianist
205	LEBENDIGER	Henryk	A player of percussion instruments and jazz				-	-	290
Henryk LEBENDIGER -- Percussionist and jazz player. He started playing while still a gymnasium student and used to play as an amateur at high school dances. Later he played with various ensembles. With the development of jazz music in Poland, he became the major supplier of sheet music and records for all the jazz ensembles there. He was in close contact with foreign firms, and imported everything relevant to popular music, such as instruments, sheet music, arrangements, phonograph records, etc. He is now located in America where he continues with his music activities. -- J. Radinski: Obywatel Jazz (p.106) Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
206	LEDERMAN - LEDNICKI	Zygmunt	A violinist and conductor				1902-	Kozienice, Warszawa	290
Zygmunt Lederman – Lednicki 1902- He was born in Kozienice and studied music in Warsaw. In the year of 1926 he completed the royal Conservatoire in Warsaw, where he studied to play the violin with the master Stanisław Bracewicz. He played in concerts, also as a soloist and was member of the "Warsaw stringed instruments quartet", headed by Josef Kaminski. In this quartet Lederman played the second violin. He lives in Warsaw, played in the State Polish radio and was also one of the conductors of the orchestra of the Polish broadcasting authorities.
207	LENCZYCKI	Motl	an amateur musician and conductor				-	Piotrkow Trybunalski	293
208	LERER	Josef	A pianist, opera conductor and composer				1880-1941 Holocaust	קמיניץ (פודליה) Lwow	294
209	LEWAK	Izydor	A cellist				1870-1942 Holocaust (Ghetto Warszawa)	Łódź	291
210	LEWIASZ	Rut	A singer				-	Warszawa	292
211	LEWICKI vel ZUBLOWICKI	Liuba	A singer and soloist				Holocaust (Ponar)	Wilna	292
212	LEWITIN	Toni	A violinist, cellist, pianist and saxophon player				1910-	Łódź	292
213	LICHTERMAN	Jakub	A cantor				-	Warszawa	290
214	LIFTMAN	Baruch	A violinist and composer				1905-1970	Wilna	290
215	LIOW	Leo	A conductor, composer and pedagogue				1878-1962	Wolkowysk	289
216	LUST	Izaak, M.D. Dr.	A choirmaster				-	Krakow	289
217	LWOWICZ	Berele	A cantor and singer				Holocaust	Lwow	288
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218	MALKIN	Eliahu	A violinist and pedagogue				-	Russia, Wilna	295
219	MALWE	Barbara Malwe	A pianist, accompanist				1917-	Warszawa	294
220	MALWE	Mateusz	A pianist and saxophone player				1916-1981	Warszawa	295
221	MAN	Icchak	A drama tenor singer and cantor				1889-1963	Dzialoszyce near Kielce	295
222	MANE	Rafael	A violinist, soloist and pedagogue				-	Wieliczka	296
223	MAR	Sofia	A folklore singer				1929-	Warszawa	296
224	MARKOWICZ	Halina	A music teacher				-	Łódź	297
225	MELAMDOW	Leon	an opera singer and cantor				-	Russia, Warszawa	298
226	MELODYSTA	Fred	A cellist and banjo player				-	-	298
Fred MELODYSTA -- Cellist and banjoist. A member of the well known musical family, he founded dance bands in the nineteen twenties. He is regarded as one of the precursors of jazz music in Poland. During the time of the Second World War he was in the Soviet Union, and later traveled to Israel with the army of General Anders. Fred Melodista - cello, Henryk Gold - violin, and Jerzy Petersburski - piano, created a trio that toured regularly, giving concerts in Israel and Egypt during the war years. General Anders was very proud of them, and they played for the guests at important official receptions. Fred Melodista died in Israel. -- J. Radinski: Obywatel Jazz (pp. 95, 103 Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
227	MENDELSON	Joachim	A pianist, composer and pedagogue				1897-1943 Holocaust (Ghetto Warszawa)	Warszawa	298
227a	MESSER	Jakob(Kuba)	A composer and violinist				1903- Ghetto Warszawa	Warszawa	D.R.
228	MESSING	Felicja	A pianist				1904-1942 Holocaust (Ghetto Łódź)	Łódź	300
MESSING Felicja (1904-1942) - a pianist. She was born and grew up in Łódź. She was the young sister of Henryk. She studied to play the piano in the Warsaw Conservatoire by Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński. She worked in the Polish Broadcast Orchestra as a violinist and an accompanist. In the years when Arnold Szyfman was the theatre director, she was responsible to the music part of the Polski Theatre. During the German occupation she was very active in the ghetto artistic life. She was murdered in one of the Actions.
229	MESSING	Henryk	A violinist, theater conductor				1902-1942 Holocaust	Łódź, Baranowicze	299
MESSING Henryk (1902-1942) A violinist, theater conductor. He was born on 1902 in the town of Łódź. He was a descendent of a musician family. In his childhood he studiedto play the violin and started also to play in an orchestra. He was connected to the Yiddish theater in Łódź. For many years later he became the conductor of various Jewish theaters’ ensembles. In the last years before WWII he lived in Baranavichy where he conducted the municipal orchestra. He also managed schools' orchestras. He was murdered by the Nazis.
230	MESSING	Mieczysław	A cellist				1905-1949	Łódź	299
MESSING Mieczysław (1905-1949) A cellist. He was born and grew up in Łódź. In his childhood he excelled by his musical talents. In the age of 15 he graduated the Warsaw Conservatoire playing the cello. He was the pupil of Prof. Zink. Professor Zink was playing in the Opera’s orchestra. Once when he was sick, he sent instead of him his pupil Mieczysław Messing. Messing played then the role of a solo viola. It was in the opera “Straszny dwór” (The Haunted Manor) written by Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872). The conductor Jakob Hirszfeld was deeply impressed by Messing music and became his closest friend. Zdzisław Birnbaum, the conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic, was interested in the young musician and directed him to continue his studies in Berlin, where he lived in the house of Birenbaum’s mother. From the year of 1925 and on he lived in Berlin from where he used to go on tours to various European countries, including cities in Poland. He used to travel with his brother, the violinist Henryk and his sister Felicja, to play chamber music. In the Thirties he moved to Argentina, where he managed very rich musical activity. He died relatively young.
231	MESSING	Roman Messing	A violinist and conductor of jazz orchestra				1910-1991	Warszawa	300
MESSING Roman (1910 - ) A violinist and conductor of jazz orchestra. He was born and grew up in Warsaw. Already as a child he used to sing, while the family trio Henryk, Felicja and Mieczysław was playing. He accompanied them with his beautiful alt voice. He studied in the Warsaw Conservatoire; His professor for violin was Prof. Józef Jarzembski and Prof. Grzegorz Fitelberg for conducting the orchestra. He completed his studies being the pupil of Prof. Walerian Bierdiajew. He started his career as a player in the Yiddish Theatre of Warsaw, under the conductors: Icchak Szlosberg, Szmuel Wajnberg and Wyciek Rotsztajn. Finally he left the theatre and turned to Jazz music. Roman Messing is considered one of the pioneer musicians of Jazz music in Poland. He was very dynamic person, entrepreneur, full of resourcefulness. In Warsaw he directed a very popular group and was in charge of the radio orchestra in Katowice. By the outburst of World War II he escaped to Białystok and during a few years he was active in various groups. Fore sometime he worked in Russia with Adi Rozner. Roman Messing arrived to Eretz Israel with the Andres Army. He worked in the I.D.F. radio “Galei Tzahal” and edited the broadcasting of light music. In the past years he is the director of the cultural committee of ZOA, “Beit Zionei America” in Tel Aviv.
232	MINCER	Leopold	A pianist, soloist and pedagogue				?Holocaust	Lwow	298
233	MITELSBACH	Leon	A pianist, jazz player				-	Warszawa	297
Leon MITELSBACH -- Pianist and jazz musician. Studied and completed his piano studies at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. He acquired a love for the rhythm of American jazz and, from the beginning, created ensembles of that character. “OK Band,” of which he was the conductor, was one of the best jazz orchestras in Poland. Later he worked with the orchestra of Front-Heiman and that of Roman Messing. He emigrated to America. --J. Radinski: Obywatel Jazz (pp. 95, 103) Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
234	MODLINGER	Tonia	A pianist, pedagogue				Holocaust	Lwow	294
235	MORECKA	Julia	A singer, excelled in expression of the Jewish folklore songs				-	Lwow	296
236	MORECKI	Rudolf	A ławyer, pianist, conductor on chamber music orchestra				-	Lwow	296
237	MUND	Jakub	A violinist, conductor and pedagogue				1905-1941	Stryj (Galicia)	297
238	MUSZKES	Abraham Mosze	A cantor				-	Opatow	297
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239	NAPARSTEK	Cwi	A clarinet player, saxophone and bassoon player				1895-1982	Warszawa	300
Naparstek Cwi (1895-1982) A clarinet player, saxophone and bassoon player. He was born in Warsaw and since 1903 lived in Łódż. He was a descendent of a musicians' family and ever since he was a child he played the clarinet. He was the pupil of Prof. Zilberberg in the conservatoire of Winicki in Łódż and afterwards he was the pupil of Prof. Hilcher. In the tears of 1913-1914 he played in the opera of Kalisz and while the philharmonic orchestra of Łódż was established, he was among its first members. For a certain period he played with the philharmonic orchestra of Warsaw but in the year of 1922 he returned to Łódż and played with the philharmonic orchestra there until 1938. He arrived to Eretz Israel, following the invitation of Bronisław Huberman, and was among the first players of the Israeli philharmonic orchestra, where he played until 1961.
240	NEUTEICH	Marian Neuteich	A master cellist, player of quartet and conductor				1906-1943 Holocaust (Trawniki Camp)	Łódź, Warszawa	301
241	OGRODNIK	Kalman	A violinist & conductor				? - 1942 Holocaust	Wyszogrod	240
242	ORLIUK	Szymon	A singer				-	Warszawa	243
243	ORLOF - MOSZKOWICZ	Izydor	A violinist and music teacher				? - Holocaust	Plock	243
244	ORLOF - NISZRI	Israel	A pianist and xylophone player				-	Plock	243
245	PETERSBURSKI	Jerzy	A pianist and composer, specialized in jazz				1897-1979	Warszawa	305
246	PETERSBURSKI	Stanisław	A pianist				-	-	305
Stanisław PETERSBURSKI -- Pianist, jazz musician. Petersburski was one of the eminent pianists in Warsaw. He was a close friend of the violin player and composer, Henryk Gold. With him, Petersburski played in the famous night clubs in Warsaw, such as the “Cafe Club,” “Adria,” and often from the stage of the theater, “Morskie Oko”. During the war he was in Russia and, later, with the army of General Anders, arrived in Eretz Israel. He lives in America. Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
247	PLOHN	Alfred	A music critic				-	Lwow	305
248	POMERANIEC	Leon	A pianist, accompanist and theater player				-	-	304
POMERANIEC Leon A pianist, accompanist and theater player. He was active for many years in entertainment music and jazz, together with the best musicians in this field. During WWII he managed to arrive to Japan and from there to America, where he accompanied Misha Alman and Yasha Hefetz with the piano. He was also a member of a musical triplet who played on a very highly valued artistic level.
249	PRIZMENT	Szlomo Prizment	A composer, conductor and player				1889-	היבנאב (אונוב) בגליציה	306
250	PRUM	Szmaja	-				-	-	294+pol
251	PULMAN	Szymon	A master violinist, conductor and pedagogue				1890-1943 Holocaust (Treblinka)	Warszawa	304
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252	RAK	Marek	A violinist and viola player				1903-1975	Lwow	333
253	RATHAUS	Karol Dr.	A pianist and composer				1895-1954	Tarnopol	331
254	RECHTIK	Sonia	A pianist soloist and pedagogue				?-1945 Holocaust (Stutthof)	Wilna	336
255	REMBAUM	Icchak	A singing teacher and choir master				1902-1942 Holocaust	Plock, Gombin	336
256	RICHTER	J.	A lyric tenor singer				-	Czestochowa, Łódź	336
257	RIDER	Teodor	A pianist, accompanist, conductor and pedagogue				1881-1944 Holocaust (Auschwitz)	Piotrkow, Łódź	335
258	ROLLER	Reuwen	A singing teacher and conductor				Holocaust	Zaleszczyki	333
259	ROSENBAUM	Ignacy	A pianist accompanist and pedagogue				? - 1942 Holocaust (Ghetto Warszawa)	Warszawa	330
260	ROSENBERG	Borys	player of percussion instruments and master of ceremonies				Holocaust ( From Hunger In A Camp At Astonia)	Wilna	331
261	ROSENTHAL	A.	A pianist and Chopin interpreter				-	Warszawa	331
262	ROSENWEIN	J.	A singing teacher and conductor				-	Czestochowa	331
263	ROSNER	Edi	A trumpeter and conductor				-	Berlin, Poland, Russia	330
264	ROSNER	Herman	A violinist, jazz player				-	-	329
265	ROSNER	Jerzy	A pianist, jazz player				-	-	330
266	ROTENBERG	Mosze	A violinist and pedagogue				1902-	Staszow	332
267	ROTENSTEIN	Reuwen	A violinist				1912-1981	Zawiercie, Katowice	332
268	ROTSZTADT	Bronisława	A master violinist				-	Łódź	333
370	ROZENBLAT	Yosele	A cantor
269	RUBIN	Herc	A conductor and composer				1911-	Bialystok	333
270	RUBIN	Icchak	An engineer, architect, choir master				1898-1941 Holocaust (Bodzentyn)	Plock	334
271	RUBINA	Dora	A folklore singer and actress				-	Bialystok	334
272	RUBINSTEIN	Rafael	A conductor and pedagogue				1895-?	Odessa, Wilna	334
273	RUDINOW	Mosze	A baritone singer				-	-	335
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274	SCHARF	Szlomo	A singer and choir master				Holocaust (Astonia)	-	338
275	SCHECHTER	Perele	A mezzo-soprano singer				-	Lwow	342
276	SCHENKER	M.	A composer of ghetto songs				?-1943 Holocaust (Treblinka)	Warszawa	343
277	SCHLEICHKORN	Stefan	A pianist, viola player and chamber music orchestras				-	-	342
278	SCHWOGER	Israel	A pianist, conductor and pedagogue				1893-?	Staszow	338
279	SINGER	Adam	A violinist				Holocaust (Ponar)	Wilna	283
280	SIROTA	Helena	soprano lyric singer				?-1943 Holocaust (Warszawa)	Warszawa	304
281	SOKOLOWSKI	L.	A conductor and singing teacher				-	Łódź	301
282	SPAZENKOP	Rene	Music teacher				?-1942 Holocaust	Warszawa	344
283	SPERBER	Baruch	A choir master and music teacher				-	Krakow	345
284	SPERBER	Henryk	A saxophone player, singer and jazz player				-	Krakow	346
285	SPERBER	Stanisław	A violinist, singer and jazz player				-	Krakow	346
286	STEINBERGER	Edward	A pianist soloist, pedagogue				1891-? Holocaust (Janow Camp)	Lwow	341
287	STERNHEIM	Nachum	A folklore poet and singer				1879-? Holocaust	Rzeszow	341
288	STIGLIC	Mosze	A violinist soloist				1912-	Warszawa	340
289	STRIKS	Leopold	A violinist, soloist				Holocaust (Lwow)	Lwow	303
290	STROMBERG	Adam	A violinist, soloist				1879-1942 Holocaust	Warszawa	341
291	SUROWICZ	Jakub	A violinist, music activist and among the founders of the philharmonic orchestra in Israel				1888-1971	Warszawa	302
292	SUROWICZ	Mosze Morris	A violinist, bassoon and contrabass player				1917-	Warszawa	303
293	SYBIRIKOW	Lew	An opera singer				-	Luck	303
294	SZABTAI	Izydor	A pianist, conductor of opera and symphonic orchestras				1908 -	Slonim	338
295	SZAC	Zygmunt	A violinist soloist				-	Lwow	338
296	SZAFRANSKI	Stanisław	A choir master				-	Warszawa	338
297	SZAJEWICZ	Izrael Szajewicz	A conductor and composer				191-1941 Holocaust	Kutno	336
298	SZER	Fred	A pianist, hits composer				-	Warszawa	343
Fred Szer was a pianist and a composer of popular hits. He lived in Warsaw and was a known composer of entertainment music. He wrote music to texts of Zenon Freiwald-Wardan. Among his famous compositions are: The Slowfox "Only say yes", tango "I don't want to know" and "you were the dream". He lives in United States.
299	SZERESZEWSK	Iza	An opera singer				-	Warszawa	344
300	SZERMAN	Icchak	A tenor lyric singer				-	Warszawa	343
301	SZERYNG	Henryk Szeryng	A master violinist, pedagogue				1918-1988	Warszawa	343
302	SZKLAR	Zygmunt	A teacher of singing and violinist				-	Warszawa	347
303	SZLOSBERG	Roman	A pianist accompanist and pedagogue				-	Warszawa	342
304	SZMULEWICZ	Eugenia	A pianist				-	Warszawa	342
305	SZNAJDER	Paulina	A pianist and accompanist				-	Krakow	342
306	SZPAK	Adam	A pianist, conductor and pedagogue				1885-1940 Holocaust	Warszawa	344
307	SZPILMAN	Reuwen	A violinist, conductor of army orchestras				1865-1942 Treblinka	Ostrowiec	345
	Reuwen Szpilman and his grandsons - a famous Popular music band in Poland
308	SZPILMAN	Samuel	A violinist and music teacher				1888 -1942 Holocaust Treblinka	Ostrowiec, Sosnowiec	3
309	SZPILMAN http://www.szpilman.net	Wladysław	A pianist, master, accompanist and composer				1911-2000	Sosnowiec, Warszawa	344
Wladysław Szpilman – A pianist, master, accompanist. He was born in Sosnowiec. His father, Szmuel, was a violinist and his mother a piano teacher, and indeed he learned from her the elements of playing the piano. As a child prodigy, he appeared in concerts in Poland and abroad. He studied in Berlin and graduated its music academy. During the war he was in Warsaw. He was hiding and was saved. He presently lives in Poland. Wladysław Szpilman has a prominent position in the world of music in Poland and he is among the directors of the Polish Radio.
310	SZPORN	Paulina	A soloist pianist				-	Warszawa	344
311	SZULC	Bronisław	A player of a French horn, conductor, composer and a pedagogue				1881-1955	Warszawa	339
312	SZULC	Josef Zygmunt	A master pianist				1875-1956	Warszawa	339
313	SZULC	Kuba (Jakub)	A violinist and pedagogue				1880-1942 Holocaust	Warszawa	340
314	SZULC	Leon	A conductor and composer				1880-1958	Warszawa	340
315	SZULC	Michal	A violinist and a conductor of theater bands				1875-1930	Warszawa	340
316	SZULMAN	Szlomo	A cantor and singer				-	Luck	338
317	SZWARCSZTEJN	Joe	-				-	-	310+pol
318	SZYC	Alfred	A pianist, conductor and composer				-	Lwow, Warszawa	341
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319	TAFT	Stanisław	A violinist				-	Warszawa	284
320	TAITELBOJM	Eliahu	A composer				1910-1967	Wilna	285
321	TANSMAN	Aleksander	A pianist, conductor and composer				1897-1986	Łódź	284
322	TOM	Henryk	A conductor and musician				Holocaust (Ghetto Warszawa)	Warszawa	284
323	TOTENBERG	Roman	Virtuoso Violinist & Prolific Pedagogue				1911 - 2012	Łódź	311+pol
324	TROKINSKI	Chajele	A singer				?-1941 Holocaust (Ponar)	Wilna	285
324b	TROPFE	Josef	Violinist and saxophonist; jazz musician					Lublin	yiddish book
Josef TROPFE -- Violinist and saxophonist; jazz musician. He was born in Lublin and studied music there, and later in Warsaw. He played in the best jazz ensembles. During the war he was in Russia, and played in the orchestra of Henryk Wars. He is now situated in America. Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
325	TRUPIANSKI	Jankiel	A music teacher and composer of children songs				1909-1944	Wilna	285
326	TURSZ	Mieczysław	A violinist, player in quartet				-	-	284
327	URSTEIN	Ludwik Urstein	A professor and pianist				1870-1939	Warszawa	240
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328	WAGHALTER	Henryk	A cellist and organist				1880-1942 Holocaust (Warszawa Ghetto)	Warszawa	274
329	WAGHALTER	Josef	A violinist and pedagogue				-	Warszawa	274
330	WAND	Michalina	A pianist, accompanist and piano teacher				-	Warszawa	275
331	WARHAFTIK	Ernest	A bassoon player and conductor				1900-1924	Lwow	275
332	WARS (WARSZAWSKI)	Henryk	A conductor and composer of light music				1902-	Warszawa	276
333	WEINBERG	Mosze	A soloist pianist, accompanist and composer				-	Warszawa	276
334	WEINBERG	Szmuel	A musician and conductor				1882-?	Warszawa	276
335	WEINER	Szlomo Eliezer Leon	A pianist, cellist, conductor, composer and pedagogue				1898-?	Łódź, Kielce	277
336	WEINGARTEN	Jakub	A musician and composer				-	Krakow	277
337	WEINROTH	Sam	A violinist, jazz expert				-	Łódź	278
Sam WEINROTH -- Violinist and jazz expert. He was born n Łódź, studied violin and was intrigued with jazz music. He was devoted to improvising new melodies to syncopated rhythm. Later, he created his own ensemble, “Sam Weinroth Syncopators,” which was recognized as one of the best in Poland. He played American and English tunes with his own additional improvised refrains, which were received with great applause by his listeners. --J. Radinski: Obywatel Jazz (p. 104) Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
338	WEISKOP	Jakub	A conductor of philharmonic orchestra and pedagogue				1925 -	Czestochowa	278
339	WEISKOP	Ludwik	A violinist				1914 -	Czestochowa	279
340	WEISSMAN	Jakub (Kuba)	A pianist and accompanist				Holocaust (Lwow)	Krakow	278
Jakob (Kuba) WEISSMAN -- Pianist and accompanist. Born in Krakow, he completed the piano course with Prof. Jan Hofman at the music conservatory in 1939 before the outbreak of the war. He had already performed in various venues while still a student, and it was predicted that he would have a great future in music. At the beginning of the Second World War he fled to Lwów (Lemberg) where he was murdered by the Nazis. -- J. Radinski: Obywatel Jazz (p. 163) Translated from Yiddish by Ralph Wittcoff
341	WEISSMAN HUBLER	Natalia	A pianist, soloist and pedagogue				-	Krakow	278
342	WEISSNBERG	Ignacy	A master violinist, main violinist in orchestra and concerts				-	-	278
343	WEITZ	Kalman	A cantor, singing teacher and music critic				1916 -	Drohobycz Hungary	279
344	WEKSLER	Misza	A conductor of theater orchestras				1907-1943 Holocaust (Majdanek)	Wilna	280
345	WERTHEIM	Helena	An opera singer				Holocaust	Warszawa	281
346	WERTHEIM	Juliusz Edward	A pianist, conductor, composer and pedagogue				1880-1928	Warszawa	280
347	WESBI	Iwo	A composer and conductor				1902-1961	Krakow	280
348	WIENBERGER	Juliusz	A violinist and conductor				-	Lwow	277
349	WIERNIK	Adam	A violinist and conductor of light music				1916 -	Warszawa	279
350	WIERNIK	Ewa	A pianist				-	Warszawa	280
351	WITKOWSKI	Beniamin	An orchestras conductor				-	Kutno	276
352	WIZUN	Olga	A pianist and pedagogue				Holocaust (Wilna, Ponar, 32 years old only)	Wilna	276
353	WOLBERGER	Dawid Dr.	An amateur musician and a doctor				-	Chelm	274
354	WOLFSTAL	Chone	A composer and conductor				1851-1924	Tysmienica	274
355	WOLFSTAL	Maurycy	A violinist and pedagogue				-	Tysmienica , Lwow	275
356	WOLKOWSKI	Aleksander	A pianist, composer of ghetto songs				1932-	Wilna	275
357	WOLMAN	Halina	A music teacher and pianist				-	Staszow, Bialystok	274
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358	ZAJDERMAN	Dawid	A singer and player				?-1942 Holocaust (Majdanek)	Warszawa	282
359	ZAKHEIM	J.	A violinist and chamber music player				-	Warszawa	282
360	ZALUDKOWSKI	Eliahu	A cantor, singer musicologist and pedagogue				1888-1943	Czestochowa, Warszawa	281
361	ZALUDKOWSKI	Noach	A cantor				1859-1936	? Grodno, Kalisz	281
362	ZANDBERG	Rut	-				-	-	319+pol
363	ZEIDL	Dawid	A violinist master				-	Warszawa	282
364	ZEITLIN	Leo	A musician, composer and pedagogue				-	-	318
365	ZELIGFELD	Zimra Zeligfeld	A folklore singer				?-1942 Holocaust (Treblinka)	Staszow, Warszawa	283
366	ZELMAN	Leon	A conductor of Yiddish theaters orchestras				1880-1942 Holocaust	Warszawa	283
367	ZYLBERTES	Zajnwl	A conductor and composer				1881-1948	Pinsk, Łódź	282
368	ZYSKIND	Mosze	A conductor				-	Lomza, Luck	283

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Notes

1) As per A. Szpilman in an email message from 3 October 2003, Karol Gimpel was killed by Soviet NKWD and did not die in a hospital in Buchara.

2) As per A. Szpilman in an email message from 3 October 2003, Leon Borunski was in Otwock for treatment of the tuberculosis and returned shortly before the mass deportations to Treblinka. He was murdered by the Germans in Treblinka (source: “The Pianist”, By W. Szpilman).

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Yosel Berger 1964

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