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Max Leibowitz
Max Leibowitz
American klezmer violinist, composer and bandleader
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Harry Kandel
American klezmer bandleader
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Naftule Brandwein
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John Frederick Coots
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Otto Harbach
Otto Harbach
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Ira Gershwin
American lyricist (1893-1983)
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Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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James E. Myers
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Abe Schwartz
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Ford Dabney
Ford Dabney
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Isidore Lillian
vaudville entertainer, songwriter, playwright, composer of Yiddish songs and film music

Isidore Lillian

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vaudville entertainer, songwriter, playwright, composer of Yiddish songs and film music
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Isidore Lillian, Yiddish songwriter and playwright

Isidore Lillian (Yiddish: איזידאָר ליליען Izidor Lilien) (c. 1882 - 1960) was an actor, songwriter, playwright, and composer who was a leading figure in the New York Yiddish Theatre for the first half of the twentieth century. He wrote hundreds of songs for the theatre which were performed by such actors as Boris Thomashefsky, David Kessler and Jacob Adler, as well as by Lillian himself.