Erich Itor Kahn

Erich Itor Kahn

Erich Itor Kahn (23 July 1905 - 5 March 1956) was a German composer of Jewish descent, who emigrated to the United States during the years of National Socialism. He was born in Rimbach in the ... [1905-1956] More info
Rudolf Karel

Rudolf Karel

Rudolf Karel (Pilsen 1880 - Theresienstadt 1945) was son of a poor railway employee. He studied composition from 1899 to 1904 with Antonín Dvořák and organ with Josef Klička in Prague.
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G. Karnovitch

G. Karnovitch

Jurij Lavrovitch Karnovich (1884-1941), was a pupil of  Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov and Glazunow in St.Petersburg. He stayed in that city as a music teacher until 1927. He then moved to his na ... [1884-1941] More info
Tadeusz Kassern

Tadeusz Kassern

Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern (19 March 1904 – 2 May 1957) was a Polish composer.
Born in Lvov, who studied at the conservatory of the Polish Music Society in Lviv and later at the conservator ... [1904-1957] More info
Gideon Klein

Gideon Klein

Gideon Klein (6 December 1919 – c. January 1945) was a Czech pianist and composer, born into a Moravian Jewish family in Přerov and, showing musical talent early, studied piano with Růžena ... [1919-1945] More info
Otto Klemperer

Otto Klemperer

Otto Klemperer (Breslau, 14 May 1885 - Zürich, 6 juli 1973) was born in Breslau, Silesia Province, then in Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), as a son of Nathan Klemperer, a native of Prague, Bo ... [1885-1973] More info
Paul Kletzki

Paul Kletzki

Paul Kletzki (21 March 1900 – 5 March 1973) was a Polish conductor and composer. Born Paweł Klecki in Łódź, Poland, he later adopted the German spelling Paul Kletzki. He joined its Philh ... [1900-1970] More info
Hans-Joachim Koellreutter

Hans-Joachim Koellreutter

Hans-Joachim Koellreutter (2 September 1915, Freiburg, Germany – 13 September 2005, São Paulo, Brazil) was a composer, teacher and musicologist.
He studied composition, conducting, flu ... [1915-2005] More info
Józef Koffler

Józef Koffler

Józef Koffler (November 28, 1896 – 1944), was a Polish composer, music teacher, musicologist and musical columnist.
Born into a Polish-speaking Jewish family in Striy, Józef Koffler be ... [1896-1944] More info
Clement Kortchmarev

Clement Kortchmarev

Klementij Arkadevitch Korchmarev (Verchnednepnorsk 1899 - Moskou 1955) studied at the conservatory of Odessa and settled in Moskou from 1923 on.
He composed a few remarkable pieces such as ... [1899-1958] More info
Hans Krása

Hans Krása

Hans Krása (30 November 1899 – 17 October 1944) was a Czech composer, murdered during the Holocaust at Auschwitz. He helped to organize cultural life in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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Ernst Krenek

Ernst Krenek

Ernst Krenek (born Aug. 23, 1900, Vienna, Austria—died Dec. 23, 1991, Palm Springs, Calif ... [1900-1991] More info