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March 28, 2025

A Jewish Musical Genius’s Journey from Fame to Oblivion, and Back

The story of Friedrich Gernsheim.

On Sunday, the Israeli Chamber Project will play some of the music of the German Jewish composer Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916)—the first time his work will be publicly performed in Israel. Miryam Zakheim tells the remarkable story of Gernsheim’s life and how he was forgotten and then rediscovered:

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