Abraham Ellstein

Abraham "Abe" Ellstein (born July 9, 1907 in New York City , † March 22, 1963 ibid) was an American composer of Yiddish light music .

He was born in the Lower East Side , Manhattan , the "Eastern Europe" of Jewish immigrants, and with his songs is one of the pioneers of American-Jewish musical theater and co-founder of the musical tradition on Broadway. He also contributed the music to the film Yidl mitn Fidl - one of the most successful films in the Yiddish language.

Works

• Mamele : Mother (by Edmund Zayenda , 1938, Poland : Yiddish film )
  • Abi Gezunt (as long as you are healthy); Text: Molly Picon
  • Ikh Zing (I sing for you); Text: Molly Picon
  • Mazl (good luck); Text: Molly Picon

• Der Nayer Sher (The New Sher, 1940)

• Eyns un a rekhts (One in a Million: von Anschel Schorr , 1934: musical comedy)
  • Oygn (eyes); Text: Molly Picon

• Ikh bin farlibt (I'm in love: by William Siegel , 1946: romantic musical comedy)
  • Ikh Vil Es Hern Nokh Amol (I want to hear it again); Text: Molly Picon

• Der berditshever khozn (The Bridegroom of Berditchev : by Israel Rosenberg , 1930, operetta )
  • Pulled It Mir Nokh Amol (Tell me again); Verse: Jacob Jacobs

• Yidl mitn fidl ( Joseph Green or Josef Grünberg, 1936, romantic musical film comedy); Texts: Itzig Manger
  • Oy Mame, Bin Ikh Farlibt (Oh, Mamma, I'm in love)

• Vos Iz Gevorn Fun Mayn Shtetele? (What became of my shtetl ?: By Menashe Skulnik , 1970s, operetta); Text: Isidore Lillian

• Bublitshki (Small Bagels : 1938, operetta)
  • The Old Tsigayner (The Old Gypsy); Text: Jacob Jacobs

• A Heymisher Bulgar (1947)

• Hasidic dance

literature

• John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , col. 182.

Web links

• DVD: Yidl mitn fidl
• Yiddish film classics ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )