León Zuckert was a Canadian

Canada

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 composer

Composer

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, conductor

Conducting

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, arranger

Arranger

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, violin

Violin

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ist, violist

Violist

-Notable violists:A* Julia Rebekka Adler * Sir Hugh Allen , conductor* Kris Allen * Johann Andreas Amon * Paul Angerer , composer* Steven Ansell * Atar Arad * Cecil Aronowitz...

 and radio

Radio

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 pioneer of Ukrainian

Ukraine

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 descent. He was married to the poet Ella Bobrow, with whom he collaborated on many songs.

Zuckert studied the violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

 under Boris Brodsky at the Imperial Music Society School in Poltava. He played with symphony orchestra

Orchestra

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s in Canada, the United States

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, and Argentina

Argentina

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, and toured with numerous stage companies and dance bands. He was also one of the pioneers of the CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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(then known as the CRC, or Canadian Radio Commission); for them, he conducted many programs with his orchestra, arranging much of the music himself.