Emil Horowitz

[Paul M. Gifford <PGIFFORD...>]

I just got a 1959 Bruno LP, "Yiddish Songs and Dances from Eastern 
Europe, vol. 2." This company bootlegged a lot of Eastern European 
labels, like Electrecord, Melodiya, Balkanton, etc. This records 
includes some completely non-Jewish Ukrainian and Romanian 
instrumental recordings, plus one possibly intentionally Jewish 
instrumental, "Freilach Dance" by one "Folk Orchestra of Kishyniev" 
(which not unlikely actually was recorded in that city, though 
titles and credits on this label are always open to question), and 
several Yiddish songs, with piano accompaniment, sung in high-art 
style by Emil Horowitz. Does anyone know anything about Emil 
Horowitz, such as where he lived? Were they making Yiddish recordings 
in the 1950s in the U.S.S.R., or is this (as seems more likely) 
Romanian?

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