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    What Jewish composer, whose first name used to be Jacob, later changed his name?

    Question #99585. Asked by author. (Sep 21 08 2:01 PM)


    Arpeggionist

    		Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was born simply Jacob Felix Mendelssohn. But the answer you're probably looking for is that of his contemporary, Giacomo Mayerbeer, whose real name was Jacob Liebmann Beer. Jaques Offenbach would have also been known among the Jewish community in which he grew up as Jacob, and his father had changed his name to Offenbach.

    Sep 21 08, 2:52 PM
    author

    		Interesting, because I was looking for none of these. I was looking for an American composer.

    Sep 21 08, 3:44 PM
    Baloo55th

    		You looking for Jacob Gershvin? Better known as George Gershwin.... http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1898/september_26_1898_66736.html

    Sep 21 08, 3:53 PM
    author

    		Yes, this is it. But other answers to the question may also vere well be correct.

    Quote:
    Gershwin was born as Jacob Gershowitz in Brooklyn, New York to Ukrainian Jewish immigrant parents. His father, Morris (Moishe) Gershowitz, changed the family name to Gershvin sometime after immigrating from St. Petersburg, Russia. Gershwin's mother, Rosa Bruskin, having already immigrated from Russia, married Gershowitz four years later. (George changed the spelling of the family name to Gershwin after he became a professional musician, and other members of his family followed suit.)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_gershwin#Biography

    Sep 21 08, 3:58 PM

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