Lyubov Streicher

Lyubov Lvovna Streicher (3 March 1888 – 31 March 1958) was a Russian composer, teacher and violinist. She was a founding member of the Society for Jewish Folk Music.

Streicher was born in Vladikavkaz. She graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where she studied with Leopold Auer, Mikhail Gnessin, Anatoly Lyadov, and Maximilian Steinberg. In 1908, she joined Gnessin and Lazare Saminsky as founding members of the Society for Jewish Folk Music in St. Petersburg. The Society was part of the Jewish art music movement. It promoted Jewish folk music through research, composition, performance, and publishing. Branches of the Society were established in several Russian cities, and it remained active through 1919.

Compositions

At least one of Streicher's compositions, "A Simple Soviet Man," was recorded commercially by pianist Maria Yudina in 1937. Streicher’s compositions included:

Ballet

Noch Fialki

"Song of Songs"

Ten Jewish Work Songs

"Ya Lesom Shia"