David Beigelman
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David Beigelman born in Ostrovtse, Radomir gubernie, Poland was a Polish violinist, orchestra leader, and composer of Yiddish theatre
music and songs. He was born to a musical family in Łódź and where he composed and performed in Yiddish theatres at a young age. He became director of the Lodz Yiddish Theater in 1912.
He wrote the music for Julius Adler's operettas Dos Skoytn-meydl and Di mume Gnendil and Yankev Vaksman (1866-1942)
's 's Di Sheyne Berta, all of which were staged in Łódź, and arranged the music for S. Ansky
's The Dybbuk. In 1929 he was composer and music director for the Ararat Theater in Łódź.
In 1940 he was forced to move to the Ghetto Litzmannstadt in Łódź, where he took part in the ghetto's cultural life as a conductor – the ghetto's first symphony concert was performed under his direction on March 1, 1941 – and as a composer of orchestral works and songs. Two well-known Beigelman songs that have survived and are performed to this day are Kinder yorn (the years of childhood) and Tsigaynerlid (Gypsy Song), dedicated to the Roma living in the ghetto. He wrote songs to lyrics by Isaiah Spiegel including Makh tsu di eygelekh (Close Your Little Eyes) and Nisht keyn rozhinkes, nisht keyn mandlen (No raisins, no almonds). He also collaborated with Moishe Broderzon
writing well-known songs such as Nisim, nisim and Yidn, Shmidn. He also collaborated with Moyshe Nudelman, David Herman, and Yakov Rotbaum.
In 1944, Beigelman was deported to Auschwitz, where he died in February 1945.
Yiddish theatre
Yiddish theatre consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Central European Ashkenazi Jewish community. The range of Yiddish theatre is broad: operetta, musical comedy, and satiric or nostalgic revues; melodrama; naturalist drama; expressionist and...
music and songs. He was born to a musical family in Łódź and where he composed and performed in Yiddish theatres at a young age. He became director of the Lodz Yiddish Theater in 1912.
He wrote the music for Julius Adler's operettas Dos Skoytn-meydl and Di mume Gnendil and Yankev Vaksman (1866-1942)
Jacob Waxman
Jacob Waxman, or in Yiddish Yankev Vaksman, was a Yiddish operetta writer. His works include Der libling fun fmyen , Malvinke vii azoy , and Di sheyne Berta . Yitskhak Shlosberg orchestrated his plays.-References:...
's 's Di Sheyne Berta, all of which were staged in Łódź, and arranged the music for S. Ansky
S. Ansky
Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport , known by his pseudonym S. Ansky , was a Russian Jewish author, playwright, and researcher of Jewish folklore....
's The Dybbuk. In 1929 he was composer and music director for the Ararat Theater in Łódź.
In 1940 he was forced to move to the Ghetto Litzmannstadt in Łódź, where he took part in the ghetto's cultural life as a conductor – the ghetto's first symphony concert was performed under his direction on March 1, 1941 – and as a composer of orchestral works and songs. Two well-known Beigelman songs that have survived and are performed to this day are Kinder yorn (the years of childhood) and Tsigaynerlid (Gypsy Song), dedicated to the Roma living in the ghetto. He wrote songs to lyrics by Isaiah Spiegel including Makh tsu di eygelekh (Close Your Little Eyes) and Nisht keyn rozhinkes, nisht keyn mandlen (No raisins, no almonds). He also collaborated with Moishe Broderzon
Moishe Broderzon
Moishe Broderzon was a Yiddish poet, theatre director, and the founder of the Łódź literary group Yung-yidish....
writing well-known songs such as Nisim, nisim and Yidn, Shmidn. He also collaborated with Moyshe Nudelman, David Herman, and Yakov Rotbaum.
In 1944, Beigelman was deported to Auschwitz, where he died in February 1945.
External links
- Portrait photo, undated. From the collection of Jonas Turkow, archives of the Ghetto Fighters' HouseGhetto Fighters' HouseThe Ghetto Fighters' House , full name, Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum and Study Center, was founded in 1949 by members of Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot, a community of Holocaust survivors, among them fighters of the ghetto undergrounds and partisan units...
