together. In 1926 Leibowitz and his son Isidore opened a short-lived Romanian restaurant in Newark, New Jersey, and soon recruited Brandwein as a regular guest. Leibowitz died in the Bronx in 1942 at age 57. He was buried in the Baron Hirsch Cemetery in Staten Island. Selected recordings Yiddischer tanz/Yiddisch chusidel (1916) Tanzt, Tanzt, Yiddelach/Beim Rebeh's Sideh (1917) Orientalishe Melodien (1919) Der Galitzianer Chosid/Yiddisher Bulgar (1920) Russian Sher Quadril/Mazel Tov (1920) External links Handwritten scores of klezmer music by Max Leibowitz in the Library of Congress Yiddish American Popular Sheet Music collection References Klezmer musicians American people of Romanian-Jewish descent Romanian emigrants to the United States 1884 births Musicians from Iași American violinists Composers from New York City American bandleaders