Collection of musical compositions for the Yiddish theater and memorabilia, ca. 1917-1956.

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Collection of musical compositions for the Yiddish theater and memorabilia, ca. 1917-1956.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39527319

Collection consists predominantly of original and reproduced manuscripts of scores and parts of stage shows and operettas, songs, dance music, and religious pieces. Includes clippings and typescript materials, including synopses, scripts, obituaries, and testimonials.

33 boxes (16.5 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7415039

University of California, Los Angeles

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Rumshinsky, Joseph, 1881-1956

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Rumshinsky was born in Vilna, Russia, on Apr. 9, 1881; attended Univ. of Warsaw, St. Petersburg Conservatory, and the Univ. of London; came to the US in 1904; taught piano and wrote specialty songs; in 1905, the noted actor Jacob Adler hired him to write incidental music for his biblical play Elisha Ben Elijah, which was a success; he modernized Jewish operetta by emphasizing folk and American idioms in his music for the Yiddish stage and introducing symphonic settings for his songs; wrote more ...