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LOW, Leo

Leo Low
Photograph of Leo Low courtesy of JewishChoralMusic.com

Born in Volkovysk, Poland, 1878 
Died in 1960 

  • Leo Low was a Jewish composer and conductor of choral music.1
  • Low studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and subsequently directed several influential Jewish choirs in Warsaw, including the Hazomir Choral Society (Europe’s premier secular Jewish choir), and he served as director of music and resident composer at the Tłomacki synagogue.2
  • Low emigrated to the United States in 1920,3 and continued his career as a composer and choral director in New York and in Palestine.4

Biography and partial works list from the Milken Archive 

Sources

  1. “YIVO Archives: Leo Low,” YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, accessed November 22, 2021, http://www.yivoarchives.org/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=33505.
  2. Neil W. Levin, “Artists: Leo Low,” The Milken Archive, accessed November 22, 2021, https://www.milkenarchive.org/artists/view/leo-low/. 
  3. Ibid.
  4. “YIVO Archives: Leo Low,” YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

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