Susman Kiselgof [SEP] date of death
Susman Kiselgof
Susman (Zinoviy Aronovich) Kiselgof (Зусман Аронович Кисельгоф; 1878 in Velizh, Vitebsk Governorate – 1939 in Leningrad) was a Russian-Jewish folksong collector associated with the Society for Jewish Folk Music in St. Petersburg. Along with Joel Engel he conducted fieldwork to collect religious and secular folk songs. He also introduced the pianist Moses Milner to the Society which published many of Milner's Yiddish songs.
till 1915. While in St Petersburg Milner began to compose Yiddish songs for Susman Kiselgof (Зусман Кисельгоф)'s Society for Jewish Folk Music (Общество еврейской народной музыки). He also wrote incidental music for Jewish theaters. He provided music for the Habima Theater and State Jewish Theater, Moscow (GOSET) (Государственный еврейский театр (ГОСЕТ)), and the Leningrad choir Evokans (Евоканс).