Isidore Lillian
Isidore Lillian (* 7. September 1882 in Rzeszow , Galicia , † 27. August 1960 in New York ) was an American entertainer , playwright and composer for Yiddish music and film music .
Lillian was born into a poor family and emigrated to the United States of America at the age of ten . At sixteen he joined an actors' association and a year later worked in a Yiddish vaudeville house, an entertainment theater . There he was involved both as an actor and as a writer for short one- to three-act entertainment pieces. From 1905 he began his full-time work as an author for stage plays.
His work from the 1910s to the 1950s includes numerous stage and musical pieces.
Individual evidence
- ^ Lexicon of the Yiddish Theater, Vol. II ; Warsaw 1934, p. 1079, (Yiddish)
- ^ Isidore Lillian in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ↑ Short biographies from Zalmen Zylbercweigs Leksikon fun Yidishn Teater (English); Retrieved June 25, 2017
- ^ Isidore Lillian's discography on American Historical Recordings ; Retrieved June 25, 2017
- ^ Digital collection of the Library of Congress under the heading Yiddish American Popular Sheet Music
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lillian, Isidore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American entertainer, playwright, and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rzeszów , Galicia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1960 |
| Place of death | new York |