Jewish opera composers

The list Jewish opera composers includes George Gershwin, André Previn, Arnold Schönberg, Felix Mendelssohn and Kurt Weill. The list consists of 48 members.

1.

George Gershwin

American composer

Overview: George Gershwin (born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known ...

Date of birth: 26 September 1898

Date of death: 11 July 1937

Age: 38 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Jewish American film score composers 50T

Broadway composers and lyricists 200T

20th-century American male musicians 6,966T
2.

Leonard Bernstein

American conductor and composer (1918–1990)

Overview: Leonard Bernstein ( BURN-styne; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and lifelong humanitarian. He was one of the most significant ...

Date of birth: 25 August 1918

Date of death: 14 October 1990

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Conductor

Gender: Male

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Jewish American film score composers 50T

Pupils of Nadia Boulanger 44T

Broadway composers and lyricists 196T
3.

André Previn

German-American conductor, pianist, and composer (1929–2019)

Overview: André George Previn KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor.

Date of birth: 6 April 1930

Date of death: 28 February 2019

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Jewish American film score composers 50T

Broadway composers and lyricists 196T

20th-century German male musicians 664T
4.

Kurt Weill

German composer (1900–1950)

Overview: Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German (later American) composer, active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading ...

Date of birth: 2 March 1900

Date of death: 3 April 1950

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Broadway composers and lyricists 205T

20th-century American male musicians 7,721T

20th-century male musicians 13,336T
5.

Arnold Schönberg

Austrian-American composer

Overview: Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, US also ; 13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951) was an Austrian-born composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most ...

Date of birth: 13 September 1874

Date of death: 13 July 1951

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: Austrian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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American male classical pianists 157T

20th-century Austrian male musicians 169T

Austrian music arrangers 3T
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Felix Mendelssohn

German composer

Overview: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic ...

Date of birth: 3 February 1809

Date of death: 4 November 1847

Age: 38 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Pianist

Gender: Male

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Stroke-related deaths in Germany 31T

Male classical organists 12T

German male classical pianists 17T
7.

Howard Shore

Canadian film score composer (born 1946)

Overview: Howard Leslie Shore OC (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for The Lord of the ...

Date of birth: 30 September 1946

Age: 78

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Canadian contemporary classical composers 4T

21st-century Canadian male musicians 562T

20th-century Canadian male musicians 532T
8.

Paul Abraham

Hungarian composer

Overview: Paul Abraham (Hungarian: Ábrahám Pál; 2 November 1892 – 6 May 1960) was a Jewish-Hungarian composer of operettas, who scored major successes in the German-speaking world. His specialty – and own ...

Date of birth: 2 November 1892

Date of death: 6 May 1960

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: Hungarian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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20th-century male musicians 12,801T

Hungarian male classical composers 107T

Hungarian opera composers 35T
9.

Karl Goldmark

Hungarian composer

Overview: Karl Goldmark (born Károly Goldmark, Keszthely, May 18, 1830 – Vienna, January 2, 1915) was a Hungarian-born Viennese composer.

Date of birth: 18 May 1830

Date of death: 2 January 1915

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: Austrian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Hungarian Jewish musicians 5T

Hungarian Romantic composers 19T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T
10.

Boris Papandopulo

Croatian composer

Overview: Boris Papandopulo (February 25, 1906 – October 16, 1991) was a Croatian composer and conductor of Greek and Russian Jewish descent. He was the son of Greek nobleman Konstantin Papandopulo and Croatian ...

Date of birth: 25 February 1906

Date of death: 16 October 1991

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: Greek

Occupation: Composer

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Croatian people of Russian-Jewish descent 2T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T

Male conductors (music) 1,408T
11.

Jeanine Tesori

American composer

Overview: Jeanine Tesori (born November 10, 1961, known earlier in her career as Jeanine Levenson) is an American composer and musical arranger. She is the most prolific and honored female theatrical composer in ...

Date of birth: 10 November 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Female

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Female musical theatre composers 9T

Jewish American film score composers 50T

Broadway composers and lyricists 196T
12.

Vatroslav Lisinski

Croatian composer

Overview: Vatroslav Lisinski (Zagreb, 8 July 1819 – Zagreb, 31 May 1854) was a Croatian composer.

Date of birth: 8 July 1819

Date of death: 31 May 1854

Age: 34 (age at death)

Nationality: Croatian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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19th-century male musicians 2,319T

Croatian opera composers 7T

Male opera composers 1,844T
13.

Viktor Ullmann

Austrian Jewish composer (1898–1944)

Overview: Viktor Ullmann (1 January 1898, in Teschen – 18 October 1944, in KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau) was a Silesia-born Austrian composer, conductor and pianist.

Date of birth: 1 January 1898

Date of death: 18 October 1944

Age: 46 (age at death)

Nationality: Austrian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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20th-century male musicians 12,801T

Male conductors (music) 1,408T

Austrian Jewish people who died in the Holocaust 47T
14.

Fromental Halévy

French composer

Overview: Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy (27 May 1799 – 17 March 1862), was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera La Juive.

Date of birth: 27 May 1799

Date of death: 17 March 1862

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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19th-century male musicians 2,319T

Male opera composers 1,844T

19th-century French composers 316T
15.

Emmerich Kálmán

Hungarian composer

Overview: Emmerich Kálmán (Hungarian: Kálmán Imre; 24 October 1882 – 30 October 1953) was an Hungarian composer of operettas and a prominent figure in the development of Viennese operetta in the 20th century. Among ...

Date of birth: 24 October 1882

Date of death: 30 October 1953

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: Hungarian

Occupation: Composer

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Hungarian opera composers 35T

Male opera composers 1,844T

Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni 130T
16.

Giacomo Meyerbeer

German-born opera composer

Overview: Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jacob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer of Jewish birth, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking ...

Date of birth: 5 September 1791

Date of death: 2 May 1864

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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19th-century male musicians 2,319T

19th-century German composers 323T

German Romantic composers 269T
17.

Raoul Gunsbourg

Opera director, impresario, composer and writer

Overview: Raoul Samuel Gunsbourg (born January 6, 1860 in Bucharest - died May 31, 1955 in Monte Carlo) was a Jewish-Romania-born opera director, impresario, composer and writer. Gunsbourg is best known for being ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1860

Date of death: 31 May 1955

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: Romanian

Occupation: Writer

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Musicians from Bucharest 111T

Male opera composers 1,844T

Romanian classical composers 60T
18.

Adolphe Samuel

Belgian composer, conductor and critic

Overview: Adolphe-Abraham Samuel (11 July 1824 – 11 September 1898) was a Belgian music critic, conductor and composer.

Date of birth: 11 July 1824

Date of death: 11 September 1898

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: Belgian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Belgian male musicians 141T

19th-century male musicians 2,319T

Male conductors (music) 1,408T
19.

Ofer Ben-Amots

Composer

Overview: Ofer Ben-Amots (Hebrew: עופר בן-אמוץ; born October 20, 1955) is an Israeli-American composer and teacher of music composition and theory at Colorado College. His music is inspired by Jewish folklore of ...

Date of birth: 20 October 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: Israeli

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Jewish American composers 161T

Hochschule für Musik Detmold alumni 34T

Israeli emigrants to the United States 286T
20.

Josef Tal

Israeli composer

Overview: Josef Tal (Hebrew: יוסף טל‎; September 18, 1910 – August 25, 2008) was an Israeli composer. He wrote three Hebrew operas; four German operas, dramatic scenes; six symphonies; 13 concerti; chamber ...

Date of birth: 18 September 1910

Date of death: 25 August 2008

Age: 97 (age at death)

Nationality: Israeli

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine 166T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T