Re: Emil Horowitz

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"Paul M. Gifford" wrote:

> 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?

Hi Paul:

The liner notes to "I Am AJew: Songs of the Martyred Yiddish Poets of
Russia"
(Greater Rec. Co. 1977) says Gorovets (the spelling on the LP)  had been
a huge star in Russia, who had sold millions of records. However, the
notes, are sadly lacking in any dates.

I believe he emigrated to the US, (I would guess in the 1970s) and was
active on the Workmen's Circle scene. (Co-producers of the LP with
National Conf. on Soviet Jewry).

I heard him sing in the summer of '82 in NY.

Wolf


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