Wikipedia's first sentence called it “imperial russian-born”. Today it says “russian and american composer of jewish music”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American classical composer”. It now reads “Russian-born American classical composer (1897–1982)”.
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Lazar Weiner (October 24, 1897 in Cherkassy – January 10, 1982 in Flushing, Queens ) was an Imperial Russian-born, American-naturalized composer of Yiddish song .1He emigrated to America at the age of 17 and later became the music director of the Central Synagogue in Manhattan . Obituary Jewish folklore and ethnology newsletter American Folklore Society. Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Section, Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Studies - 1982 "LAZAR WEINER 1897-1982 Born in Cherkassy, a small town in the southern Ukraine, Lazare Weiner moved to Kiev when he was ten years old. He sang in synagogue choirs as a child, and by the age of thirteen, he entered the Kiev Conservatory"2
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The opening as it stood in 2015
He emigrated to America at the age of 17 and later became the music director of the Central Synagogue , New York . Obituary Jewish folklore and ethnology newsletter American Folklore Society. Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Section, Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Studies - 1982 "LAZAR WEINER 1897-1982 Born in Cherkassy, a small town in the southern Ukraine, Lazare Weiner moved to Kiev when he was ten years old. He sang in synagogue choirs as a child, and by the age of thirteen, he entered the Kiev Conservatory"
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Lazar Weiner (October 24, 1897 in Cherkassy – January 10, 1982 in Flushing, Queens ) was an Imperial Russian-born, American-naturalized composer of Yiddish song . He emigrated to America at the age of 17 and later became the music director of the Central Synagogue in Manhattan . Obituary Jewish folklore and ethnology newsletter American Folklore Society. Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Section, Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Studies - 1982 "LAZAR WEINER 1897-1982 Born in Cherkassy, a small town in the southern Ukraine, Lazare Weiner moved to Kiev when he was ten years old. He sang in synagogue choirs as a child, and by the age of thirteen, he entered the Kiev Conservatory"
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American classical composer Lazar Weiner (October 24, 1897 – January 10, 1982) was an Imperial Russian-born, American-naturalized composer of Yiddish song .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “imperial russian-born”. Today it says “russian and american composer of jewish music”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American classical composer”. It now reads “Russian-born American classical composer (1897–1982)”. Read the current article and compare.
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imperial russian-born
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russian and american composer of jewish music
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