Abe Katzman
Abe Katzman Abram-Aba Katsman | |
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Born | 1868 Kishinev, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire |
Origin | Brooklyn, New York, US |
Died | 1940 (aged 71–72) |
Genres | Klezmer |
Occupation(s) | Musician and recording artist |
Instrument(s) | Violin |
Abraham Katzman (1868–1940,
Biography
Early life
Abe was born Abram-Aba Katsman in 1868 in Chișinău (then known as Kishinev), Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire.[2][3][4][5] His father was Chaim Katzman and his mother was named Sura Bayla (née Goldman).[4][6] He was from a musical family; his brother Philip Katzman played in opera orchestras in Moscow and Chișinău.[2] He later stated that he had studied violin in Russia under a Professor Gilla.[7] Abe emigrated to New York City in October 1897.[2][8]
Music career
In his early years, he worked as a violin teacher and lived in Manhattan.[8][9] By 1910, he was also apparently bandleader of a klezmer orchestra in Brooklyn, making him a contemporary of New York klezmer musicians from Romania and Bessarabia such as Max Leibowitz, Abe Schwartz, and Joseph Moskowitz, as well as Milu Lemisch in Philadelphia.[2][10] Irving Gratz, who would later become the regular drummer for Dave Tarras, got his start in Abe's band; Tarras himself also played in the band for a time.[11][12]
In the early 1920s he was advertising his services as a violinist and
By 1940 Abe was living in
Family
Abe married his wife Rebecca (Rivke, née Sugarman/Zuckermann), daughter of a businessman from Akkerman, Bessarabia (now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine) in 1894 in Chișinău.[6][18] They had many children: Louis (born 1895 in Chișinău), Lillie (born 1897 in Chișinău), David (born 1899 in New York), Sam Katzman (born 1901), Sophie (born 1902), Ida (born 1904), George (born 1905), and Bessie (born 1908).[19][9]
References
- ISBN 0375402438.
- ^ a b c d e f Katzman, Michael M. (2014). "Louis Katzman: His Musical Life and Times". ARSC Journal. 45 (2): 179–99.
- ^ "Abram Katzman. Migration • New York Naturalization Index (Soundex), 1792-1906". FamilySearch. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Bessarabia Birth Records". FamilySearch. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Abraham Katzman. Vital • California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994". FamilySearch. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Bessarabia Marriage and Divorce Records". FamilySearch. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ a b "The Musical blue book of America. 1921-22". The Musical Blue Book of America.: 220. 1921–22.
- ^ a b "New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943 for Abram Katzman". Ancestry Library. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Abraham Katzman. Census • United States Census, 1910". FamilySearch. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ISBN 9780190244521.
- ^ ISBN 9781580465984.
- ISBN 9780028645858.
- ^ Laird, Ross (2001). Brunswick Records: New York sessions, 1927-1931. United Kingdom: Greenwood Press. pp. 530–1.
- ^ "Katzman, Abe". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Abe Katzman. Census • United States Census, 1940". FamilySearch. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Katzman Burial Here". Motion Picture Daily. 1940-10-21.
- ^ "Abraham Katzman". Find a Grave. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Bessarabia Marriage and Divorce Records". FamilySearch. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Abraham Katzman. Census • United States Census, 1930". FamilySearch. Retrieved 11 June 2021.