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Lazar Weiner
Lazar Weiner (, October 24, 1897 – January 10, 1982) was a Russian and American composer of Jewish music. He also worked as conductor, vocal coach, and accompanist. He was trained as a pianist at the
Lazar Weiner (, October 24, 1897 – January 10, 1982) was a Russian and American composer of Jewish music. He also worked as conductor, vocal coach, and accompanist. He was trained as a pianist at the Kiev Conservatory where he began his studies at the age of 13. He studied music composition in New York with Frederick Jacobi and Robert Russell Bennett, and was also well known vocal coach in Manhattan. The composer Yehudi Wyner was his son. Works Weiner composed more than 200 art songs as well as Yiddish and Hebrew cantatas and full synagogue services. He wrote several cantatas, among them Legend of Toil (1933), Fight for Freedom (1943), and To Thee, America (1944). He also wrote the music to the Yiddish play Generations of Green Fields (1974). References External links * Biography at the Milken Archive of Jewish Music
- Era
- 20th Century
- Lived
- 1897–1982
- From
- Russian Empire (now Russia), United States
- Born in
- Cherkasy · died New York City
- Known as
- composer, conductor, pianist
- Instruments
- piano