Moshe Milner
Mikhail "Moshe" Arnoldovich Milner (Мильнер, Михаил "Моше" Арнольдович; Rokitno Basilovsky, Kiev Governorate 1886-Leningrad, 1953) was a Russian Jewish pianist and composer. He is notable as composer, and conductor, of the first Yiddish opera in post-revolution Russia "Die Himlen brenen" ("The Heavens Burn") in 1923. He sang in the choir of the Brodsky Choral Synagogue in Kiev, then attended the Kiev Conservatory. He studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory from 1907 till 1915. While in St Petersburg Milner began to compose Yiddish songs for Susman Kiselgof (Зусман Кисельгоф)'s Society for Jewish Folk Music (Общество еврейской народной музыки). He also wrote incidental music for Jewish theaters. He provided music for the Habima Theater and State Jewish Theater, Moscow (GOSET) (Государственный еврейский театр (ГОСЕТ)), and the Leningrad choir Evokans (Евоканс). |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1886, Died 1953
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922
Roles Represented in DAHR: arranger
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | C-26754 | 12-in. | 9/5/1922 | In cheder'l | Mordechai Hershman | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | arranger |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Milner, Moshe," accessed September 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112258.
Milner, Moshe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112258.
"Milner, Moshe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 September 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Milner, Moshe, 1886-1953 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003108908
Wikidata: Moses Milner - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6915884
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/12005047
MusicBrainz: Moses Milner - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/806f025e-3416-4026-833b-e0cc4fa195dc
ISNI: 0000 0001 0797 0796 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000107970796
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