Peretz Hirschbein

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Peretz Hirschbein

Peretz Hirshbein (Yiddish: פרץ הירשביין;7 November 1880, Melnik, Kleszczele, Grodno Governorate – 16 August 1948, Los Angeles) was a Yiddish-language playwright, novelist, journalist, travel writer, and theater director. Because his work focused more on mood than plot, he became known as "the Yiddish Maeterlinck". His work as a playwright and through his own short-lived but influential troupe, laid much of the groundwork for the second golden age of Yiddish theater that began shortly after the end of World War I. The dialogue of his plays is consistently vivid, terse, and naturalistic. Unusually for a Yiddish playwright, most of his works have pastoral settings: he had grown up the son of a miller, and made several attempts at farming.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 7, 1880 (Gmina Kleszczele), Died August 16, 1948 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role	Audio
Victor	B-25536	10-in.	8/29/1921	Yamen roishen	William Robyn	Male vocal solo, with harp and orchestra	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hirschbein, Peretz," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104246.

Hirschbein, Peretz. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104246.

"Hirschbein, Peretz." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.