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Coupletist
A coupletist (kupletist) is a poet, singer, or actor who specializes in couplets – wittily ambiguous, political, or satirical songs, usually in cabaret settings, usually with refrains, generally used as a transition between two cabaret numbers. With sarcasm and humor, coupletists take on political dignitaries, the prevailing zeitgeist and lifestyle, in short, "all of the world's madness." Friedrich Wolf called the couplet "the direct involvement of the audience in the game." "In the cinemas, besides films there would also appear the touring so-called kupletists (singers of topical, satirical songs) – Vasily Pravdin, Gregory Marmeladov and others. Kolya and I enjoyed the kupletists very much and, buying their librettos, zealously studied their soliloquies in order to recite them with feeling to our ladies. ... It was supper time and all of us children sat at the table, mama pouring tea from the samovar boiling on the table. ... I, holding in my hand the libretto of a kupletist, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shloyme Prizament
Shloyme Prizament (1889-1973) (also Shlomo or Szlojme Prizament or Szlomo Prizment), Jewish composer, actor in the Yiddish theater, and ''badkhn'', son of Moyshe Prizament (a famous badkhn known as Moyshe Hibiner / Hibnever). Early years Born in Uhniv, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, Prizament moved to Lemberg ( Lviv) as a child. When he was 16 his father died and he then supported the other 12 children in the family by becoming a badkhn himself, using his father's writings (scripts). Prizament wrote for Gershom Bader's ''Der yidisher folks-kalendar'' and began writing songs and instrumental music for Yiddish theatre. He is known as a transitional figure since he also wrote for the last of the broder-zingers - Salcia Weinberg, Jule Glantz, Helena Geshpas and Pepi Litman (1874–1930), characterized as "a Jewish chanteuse in Hasidic trousers", for whom he wrote ''Lomir beyde davenen fun eyn makhzer (Let’s Both Pray from One Prayer Book)''. He later collected and arranged songs from ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pesach Burstein
Pesach "Peishachke" Burstein (April 15, 1896 – April 6, 1986) was a Polish-born American comedian, singer, coupletist, and director of Yiddish vaudeville/theater. He was honored with the Itzik Manger Prize in 1986. His wife Lillian Lux, and son Mike Burstyn are also actors. Early years Born in Pułtusk,Zylberczweig, Zalmen (1931).Burstein, Pesach . In: Zylbercweig, with the assistance of Jacob Mestel, ''Leksikon fun yidishn teater'' exicon of the Yiddish theatre Vol. 1. New York: Elisheva. Col. 156. English translation at the ''Museum of Family History'' website:Pesach Burstein. Retrieved 20 November 2016. then in Congress Poland, in the Russian Empire (today, in Poland), Burstein was called Pesach-ke due to his birth on Passover. In 1901 he moved with his family to Berdiansk (Ukraine), where his father ran a clothing store. He ran away from home as a teenager to join a traveling Yiddish theatrical troupe. He was arrested as a spy by Russians during World War I. He ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben-Zion Witler
Ben-Zion Witler (1907–1961), also Ben-Tsion Vitler, BenZion Wittler, was a Jewish singer, actor, coupletist, comedian and composer. Early life At the age of six Witler moved with his family from Belz, Galisia, to Vienna, where he received a strict Chasidic religious upbringing. Career In 1919, at the age of 12, he joined the ''Freie jüdische Volksbühne'' theater in Vienna (1919–1922; no connection to the New York Folksbiene), secretly and under an alias, fearing his family's reaction. He worked briefly as a journalist at the German Zionist weekly ''Wiener Morgenzeitung'' (''Vienna Morning Times''), but in 1926 returned to the Vienna theater scene, performing in comedies and operettas, studying opera repertoire with Yulianovsky and Fuchs, touring (Paris, London, South Africa, France and Vienna). Witler spent three years in Poland in the mid-1930s, becoming a "public darling.Zalmen Zylbercweig, Leksikon fun Yidishn Teater (Volume 3), p. 2260-2261" In 1937 he appeared in Riga i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Fuchs
Leo Fuchs (May 15, 1911 – December 31, 1994) was a Polish-born American actor.Mendelovitch, Bernard (January 18, 1995).Leo Fuchs (obituary). ''The Independent''. independent.co.uk. Retrieved November 10, 2018. According to YIVO, he was born Avrum Leib Fuchs in Warsaw;Leo Fuchs papers ''Guide to the YIVO Archives''. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. yivoarchives.org. Retrieved October 31, 2018. according to Joel Schechter, he was born in , Galicia, then Poland, now called , Ukraine. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nellie Casman
Nellie Casman (1896–1984) was an American actress and singer in Yiddish theater. She was born in Proskurov, Russia, and moved to the United States in the early 1900s. Zylbercweig, Zalmen (1963).Kesman, Neli. ''Leksikon fun Yidishn teater'', vol. IV. New York: Elisheva. cols. 3651-3653 (in Yiddish) She lived in Philadelphia where her father was a ''hazzan''. Casman showed such talent as an actress when a child, the actress Rose Rubin took her into a professional Yiddish theater, where she began to play child roles in 1910. Playing Gitele in Zalmen Libin's ''Gebrokhene hertser (Broken Hearts)'', she came to the attention of Regina Prager's husband, a theater manager, who hired her for his company in New York. She played several years as a soubrette in vaudeville houses and became successful enough to be hired to replace Bessie Thomashevsky in Edelstein's People's Theater where she played opposite David Kessler in ''Mish Mash''. She then abandoned "legitimate theater" and went ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Tănase
Constantin Tănase (; 5 July 1880 – 29 August 1945) was a Romanian actor and writer for stage, a key figure in the revue style of theater in Romania. Life He was born into a working-class family living in a peasant house in Vaslui, Romania. An adequate but unexceptional student (although he did apparently learn good German), his first exposure to the stage was by attending plays at "Pârjoala" garden, where he saw popular theater, including actors such as Zaharia Burienescu and I.D. Ionescu. This inspired him to start an amateur theater group among his friends; they worked up scenes from the plays ''Meșterul Manole'', ''Căpitanul Valter Mărăcineanu'' and ''Constantin Brâncoveanu''; their closest thing to a stage was a barn. His first professional experience as an actor was in the Yiddish-language theater troupe of Mordechai Segălescu: they were short an actor for a performance in Vaslui and drafted the youthful Tănase. In 1896 he completed gymnasium. Despite his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veniamin Nechayev
Veniamin Nechayev (russian: Вениамин Нечаев; 20 March 1915 – 15 August 1987) was a Soviet musician (guitarist) and film actor, the member of the estrada duet of Nechayev & Rudakov, which was popular in the 1950s. He was the Merited Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1961). Early life Veniamin Nechayev was born in Novonikolayevsk on 20 March 1915. He graduated from music school. In 1938, he became a laureate of the All-Union contest of artists-instrumentalists. He worked in Novosibirsk radio committee's orchestra. He fought in World War II. Duet Nechayev & Rudakov He met Pavel Rudakov in Khabarovsk during their military service in the post-war years. After demobilization they worked in Far East Philharmonic Hall for about three years. In 1948, Nechayev and Rudakov formed a estrada duet and gave first concert in Leningrad. They accompanied themselves; lyrics for them were written by Konstantinov, Ratser, Grey, Merlin. Lyrics were written on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Rudakov
Pavel Rudakov (russian: Павел Рудаков; 15 July 1915 – 16 January 1993) was a Soviet musician (concertina player) and film actor, the member of the estrada duet of Rudakov & Nechayev, which was popular in the 1950s. He was the Merited Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1961). Early life Pavel Rudakov was born in Tula on 15 July 1915. He worked at the Tula Weapons Factory, then – at circus and at philharmonic hall. He fought in World War II. Duet Rudakov & Nechayev He met Veniamin Nechayev in Khabarovsk during their military service in the post-war years. After demobilization they worked in Far East Philharmonic Hall for about three years. In 1948, Rudakov and Nechayev formed a estrada duet and gave first concert in Leningrad. They accompanied themselves; lyrics for them were written by Konstantinov, Ratser, Grey, Merlin. Lyrics were written on topical issues (''In newspaper at morning – in verse at evening'') thus shaping the popularity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duet
A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo section rather than performing simultaneously. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is a "piano duet" or " piano four hands". A piece for two pianists performing together on separate pianos is a " piano duo". The term ''duet'' is also used as a verb for the act of performing a musical duet, or colloquially as a noun to refer to the performers of a duet. A musical ensemble with more than two solo instruments or voices is called trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, etc. History When Mozart was young, he and his sister Marianne played a duet of his composition at a London concert in 1765. The four-hand, described as a duet, was in many of his compositions which included five sonatas; a set o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrada (music Genre)
Estrada (french: estrade) — originally, a kind of stage for performances. Now this term also means a kind of scenic art of small forms of mainly popular-entertaining direction, including such directions as singing, dance, circus on stage, illusionism, colloquial genre, parody, clownery. As a kind of cultural and economic activity, the Estrada is an integral part of show business. Artists performing in the Estrada genre are called Estrada Artist or Artist of Estrada. The Russian estrada nowadays is a diverse group of artists representing both pop-song genre and other genres of theatrical art. Alla Pugacheva, Anna German, Valery Leontiev, Sofia Rotaru, Philip Kirkorov, Oleg Gazmanov, Lev Leshchenko, Iosif Kobzon, vocal and instrumental ensembles, pop groups and rock bands represent the variety-song genre: " Samotsvety", "Pesnyary", "Mashina Vremeni" ,"Zemlyane"," Aria ","Alice"," Mumiy Troll", "Zemfira" and many others. The spoken genre is represented by such artists as Genn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Reutter
Otto is a masculine German given name and a Otto (surname), surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded from the 7th century (Otto (mayor of the palace), Odo, son of Uro, courtier of Sigebert III). It was the name of three 10th-century German kings, the first of whom was Otto I the Great, the first Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Ottonian dynasty. The Gothic form of the prefix was ''auda-'' (as in e.g. ''Odotheus, Audaþius''), the Anglo-Saxon form was ''ead-'' (as in e.g. ''Eadmund''), and the Old Norse form was ''Auðr (other), auð-''. The given name Otis (given name), Otis arose from an English surname, which was in turn derived from ''Ode'', a variant form of ''Odo, Otto''. Due to Otto von Bismarck, the given name ''Otto'' was strongly associated with the German Empire in the later 19th century. It was compara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
