seek info re. Morris Mayer/Moshe Muzikantov

[a bisl yidishkayt <klezmer...>]

Received this email which I thought someone on the list might have leads
regarding.  If so, you can email the sender directly.  Thanks!  Dena

> I'm looking for a musician, Morris Mayer, born in the Ukraine in about 1870,
> emigrated to the United States between 1899 and 1903, died in Los Angeles in
> about 1936.
>
> Family stories have him as a musician, composing and performing Klezmer
> music, playing the piano for silent movies in theaters, had a music store,
> gave lessons, et cetera.
>
> Birth name was something like Moshe Muzikantov, he changed it to Morris
> Mayer upon emigrating.
>
> Does any of this fit any musicians you know of?
>
>
> Lynn Berkstresser Speer
> lynnspeer (at) yahoo(dot)com

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