- Abraham Ellstein
Abraham "Abe" Ellstein ( _yi. אַבֿרהם "אײב" עלשטײן, "Avrom Ellstein",
July 7 ,1907 ,New York - 1963) was Americancomposer forYiddish entertainments. Along withShalom Secunda ,Joseph Rumshinsky , andAlexander Olshanetsky , he was one of the "big four" composers of his era inNew York City 'sSecond Avenue (Manhattan) Yiddish theatre scene. [Program notes [http://www.jmcla.org/events/images/NightMusicNotes.pdf Music of Los Angeles Jewish Composers Aminadav Aloni, Michael Isaacson, Robert Strassburg and Hidden Treasures from Prokofiev, Krejn, Fitelberg and Ellstein] , Valley Beth Shalom, November 29, 2005. Accessed online 13 November 2006.] His musical "Yidl Mitn Fidl " became one of the greatest hits of Yiddish-language cinema.He was born on the
Lower East Side ,Manhattan , at that time anEastern Europe anJew ish immigrant area.Works
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Mamele : Kid Mother" (byEdmund Zayenda , 1938,Poland : Yiddishfilm )
** "Abi Gezunt " (So Long As You're Healthy); lyrics:Molly Picon
** "Ikh Zing " (For You I Sing); lyrics:Molly Picon
** "Mazl " (Good Fortune); lyrics:Molly Picon * "
Der Nayer Sher " (The New Sher, 1940)* "
Eyns un a rekhts " (One in a Million: byAnschel Schorr , 1934: musical comedy)
** "Oygn " (Eyes); lyrics:Molly Picon * "
Ikh bin farlibt " (I'm in Love: byWilliam Siegel , 1946: romantic musical comedy)
** "Ikh Vil Es Hern Nokh Amol " (I Want to Hear it Again); lyrics:Molly Picon * "
Der berditshever khosn " (The Bridegroom fromBerditchev : byIsrael Goldstein , 1930,operetta )
** "Zog Es Mir Nokh Amol " (Tell Me Again); lyrics:Jacob Jacobs * "
Yidl Mitn Fidl " (Joseph Green orJosef Grünberg , 1936, romantic musical comedy film)
** "Oy Mame, Bin Ikh Farlibt " (Oh, Mama, I am in Love)* "
Vos Iz Gevorn Fun Mayn Shtetele? " (Whatever Became of MyShtetl ?: byMenashe Skulnik , 1970s,operetta ); lyrics:Isidore Lillian *
Bublitshki (LittleBagel s: 1938, operetta)
** "Der Alter Tsigayner " (The Old Gypsy); lyrics:Jacob Jacobs * "A Heymisher
Bulgar " (1947)* "Great to Be Alive!" (1950), musical comedy on Broadway
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Hassidic Dance "See also
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Molly Picon
*Seymour Rechtzeit Notes and references
* [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/freedman/lookupartist?hr=&what=2332 Ellstein, Abe] on the Freedman Catalog, University of Pennsylvania
* [http://abaton.de/pages/cont-FR-jiddisch.htm Jiddische Filmklassiker: Jiddl mitn Fidl] on Abaton-Kino
*imdb name|id=0255288|name=Abe Ellstein
*worldcat id|lccn-n82-118468
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