List of Jewish American composers
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This is a list of Jewish American composers. For listings of Jewish American songwriters, musicals writers, and film composers, see List of Jewish American musicians, which shares some names with this list. For other famous Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans.
- Larry Adler, composer [1]
- Lera Auerbach (b. 1973), naturalized American, Russian-born composer
- Milton Babbitt (1916–2011), composer [2][3]
- Irving Berlin (1888–1989), composer and lyricist[4]
- Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), composer and conductor[3][4]
- José Antonio Bowen (b. 1952), jazz musician and president of Goucher College
- composer of choral music, including Tefliah Lishlom Medinat Yisrael[5]
- Aaron Copland (1900–1990), composer and conductor[4]
- Morton Feldman (1926–1987), composer[3][4][6]
- George Gershwin (1898–1937), composer and songwriter[6][7]
- Philip Glass (b. 1937)[6][7]
- Yossi Green (b. 1955), Hasidic Jewish composer of contemporary Jewish religious music[8]
- Bronisław Kaper (1902–1983), naturalized American film score composer of Polish-Jewish origin.
- Jerome Kern (1885–1945), composer and songwriter[7]
- Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962), violinist and composer, one of the most famous of his day[9]
- Leo Ornstein (1893–2002), modernist composer and pianist, Russian-born[4]
- Lou Reed (1942–2013), songwriter, composer and guitarist, a member of the Velvet Underground[7]
- Steve Reich (b. 1937), composer[7]
- Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), composer, songwriter, lyricist
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), naturalized American, Austrian-born composer[4]
- Michael Jeffrey Shapiro (b. 1951), composer and conductor[7]
- Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995), naturalized American, Russian-born composer, conductor and author[3][7]
- Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021), composer and lyricist[7]
- Morton Subotnick (b. 1933), composer of electronic and other music, husband to Joan LaBarbara[4][6]
- Kurt Weill (1900–1950), naturalized American, German-born composer and songwriter, who wrote orchestral music and "show music"[7][10]
- John Zorn (b. 1953), composer and saxophonist[7]
References[]
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ JINFO (1994-11-04). "Jewish Songwriters and Composers". Jinfo.org. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
- ^ a b c d Alan Rich, American Pioneers: Ives to Cage and Beyond (1995)
- ^ a b c d e f g Nicolas Slonismky, Music Since 1900, 5th edition, Schirmer Books (1994)
- ^ "David Burger". Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York. Archived from the original on November 26, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Kyle Gann, American Music in the 20th Century (1997)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century
- ^ Bleich, Chananya. "A Time to Sing: Well-known Chasidic musicians share some of the high points of their careers". Ami, November 27, 2013, p. 138.
- ^ [1] Archived October 18, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ronald Sanders, The Days Grow Short: The Life and Music of Kurt Weill (1980)
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