Efim Schachmeister
Chaim "Efim" Schachmeister (22 July 1894 – 6 October 1944) was a German violinist and bandleader. He also recorded under the pseudonyms Sascha Elmo and Joan Florescu. Efim Schachmeister was born in Kiev to Romanian Jewish parents, from 1910 to 1913 he studied music at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin.
Efim Schachmeister
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- Born
- 1894 · Kyiv.
- Died
- 1944 · Buenos Aires.
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Occupation
- musician
- Education
- Stern Conservatory
- Languages
- German
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Chaim "Efim" Schachmeister (22 July 1894 – 6 October 1944) was a German violinist and bandleader. He also recorded under the pseudonyms Sascha Elmo and Joan Florescu. Efim Schachmeister was born in Kiev to Romanian Jewish parents, from 1910 to 1913 he studied music at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin.
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Born at Kyiv in 1894, died in Buenos Aires in 1944.
Efim Schachmeister studied at Stern Conservatory. The recorded working language is German. Residence is recorded at Schöneberg and Tempelhof-Schöneberg.
"Stolperstein" (stumbling block), Schevel Schachmeister, Hauptstraße 5, Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany
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1894
Efim Schachmeister was born on 22 July 1894.
1944
Efim Schachmeister died on 6 October 1944.
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Schöneberg and Tempelhof-Schöneberg
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Kyiv.
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Buenos Aires.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 6116788-5, Efim Schachmeister & sein Tanzorchester.
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- 1.Stengel and Gerigk, Lexikon der Juden in der Musik, p. 258
- 2.Grammophon B 50106
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- Klaus Krüger: Fox auf 78. Zeitschrift, München/Dietramszell, 2003.
- Horst H. Lange, Jazz in Deutschland. Berlin (Colloquium), 1966 u.ö.
- Rainer E. Lotz, German Ragtime and Prehistory of Jazz – Volume 1: The Sound Documents. London (Storyville), 1985.
- Rainer E. Lotz, Diskografie der deutschen Tanzmusik – Band 8. Bonn (Lotz), 2003.
- Rainer E. Lotz, Deutsche Hot-Discographie. Cake Walk, Ragtime, Hot Dance & Jazz – ein Handbuch. Bonn (Lotz), 2006 .
- Horst H. J. Bergmeier, Rainer E. Lotz, Der Jazz in Deutschland. Vom Cakewalk zum Jazz. – Begleitbuch zur CD-Box Bear Family Records BCD 16909 CP, 2007, 26261-X).
- Jürgen Wölfer, Jazz in Deutschland – Das Lexikon. Alle Musiker und Plattenfirmen von 1920 bis heute. Hannibal Verlag: Höfen 2008,
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 6116788-5, Efim Schachmeister & sein Tanzorchester.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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