Lives in the Yiddish
Theatre
SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN
THE Yiddish THEATRE
aS DESCRIBED IN zALMEN zYLBERCWEIG'S "lEKSIKON FUN YIDISHN TEATER"
1931-1969
Odesser Folks-Singer One of the best popular singers ("folks-zinger"), he used his lyrics to easily provoke tears from those who listened to him. He used the finger at his neck [flegt mit di finger azoy tsuknakn tsum takt, az er hot farhilkht dem orkester]. He hadn't yet written, and he left foreign sheet music(?) in his name(?) After the war he became a ticket taker in the Odessa Yiddish State Theatre. When he [flegt veln aroysrufn oyfmerkzamkeyt tsu zich, fleg er oysshreyen].
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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the "Lexicon
of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig,
Volume 1, page 37.
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