A man of many talents — composer, arranger, publisher, editor, compiler, orchestral and choral conductor, teacher, lecturer, writer, singer, friend of music and befriender of musicians. He collected and arranged many folk songs that mirrored all phases of Jewish life, because “folk songs reflect and depict the life of a people.” My favorite fact about Papa: as a young man, he organized small orchestras and took them to Ellis Island, where they played for the waiting immigrants. For more information: Henry Lefkowitch.