Arnold Perlmutter

Arnold Perlmutter (Yiddish: אַרנאָלד פּערלמוטער, 1859–1953) was a composer for Yiddish theatre, born in Zolochiv, Galicia, Austria-Hungary. He moved to Lemberg where he received both a religious and a secular education in Polish, Ukrainian, and German. He sang with then-famous hazzan Borekh Shor's chorus until his voice changed, then became a klezmer, playing bass and then violin and directing and composing for the Harmonia orchestra, which in 1889 was taken into I. B. Gimpel's Yiddish theater in Lemberg; he wrote the music for the operetta Rabbi Akiva and his students. and Der Spanisher Tsigayner (The Spanish Gypsy).

In 1891 Abraham Goldfaden came to Lemberg to stage his Meshiakh tsaytn (Messiah times) and Dos tsente gebot (The Tenth Commandment); Perlmutter orchestrated and reworked Goldfaden's collected musical numbers and composed new ones for his productions. He then toured with the Treytler and Yuvelir troupes throughout Galitsia, Romania (1893-1895) and Russia (1899). From Chernovitz, Bukovina, in 1900 Professor Moyshe Horvitz (Hurwitz) took the whole troupe to America.

Perlmutter met his longtime collaborator Herman Wohl in New York's Windsor Theater and they wrote for dozens of Hurwitz's operettas as well as Di almoneh (The widow) and A mentsh zol men zayn (One should be a righteous person) by Anshel Schorr. In 1906 Perlmutter and Wohl composed the music for a romantic drama in English, The Shepherd King; in 1909, Boris Thomashefsky's Dos Pintele Yid and Di sheyne Amerikanerin; and for scores of other historical operettas of the Second Avenue Yiddish Theater District theaters through the early years of the twentieth century.

After the partnership dissolved Perlmutter worked alone, composing for Maurice Schwartz's production in 1920 of I. L. Peretz's Di goldene keyt (The golden chain). In 1922 he contracted with the Lennox Theater in the Bronx (directors Nathan Goldberg and Jacob Jacobs). He wrote the music for dozens of productions until he retired from theater in 1930.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1859, Died 1953

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1908 - 1929

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, leader

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-6628 10-in. 11/30/1908 Yhi oir Solomon Smulewitz Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-6629 10-in. 11/30/1908 A mensch sol mein sein Solomon Smulewitz Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-6635 10-in. 12/2/1908 Schemen megt ihr sich Solomon Small Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-6638 10-in. 12/2/1908 Dos Yiddische hertz Solomon Smulewitz Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-9087 12-in. 6/14/1910 Das pintele Yid Frances Simonoff Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-9129 10-in. 6/23/1910 Shtoist Zich On Solomon Small Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-12919 10-in. 2/18/1913 Die Yidishe kroin Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-12925 10-in. 2/18/1913 Dus shaifele Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-12926 10-in. 2/18/1913 Dus lebedige Yisoimele Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-12927 10-in. 2/18/1913 Schuldig bist du, Yidele alein Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-15988 10-in. 5/4/1915 Dem pastechels cholem Jakov M. Medvedieff Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-17402 10-in. 3/30/1916 Leben sol Columbus! Abraham Rosenstein Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-17854 10-in. 6/15/1916 Yisrolik in sein Eigenland Regina Zuckerberg Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-17859 10-in. 6/15/1916 Dus shaifele Regina Zuckerberg Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-17860 10-in. 6/15/1916 Gebet for der Chypy Regina Zuckerberg Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-17868 10-in. 6/16/1916 Es is gewehn a meidel Regina Zuckerberg Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-17869 10-in. 6/16/1916 A shtikele glick Regina Zuckerberg Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-17870 10-in. 6/16/1916 Ich seh schon wie es wert fehlech Regina Zuckerberg Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-17871 10-in. 6/16/1916 Das wiegele Regina Zuckerberg Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-19074 10-in. 2/13/1917 Shenk mir mein mame Nahen Rosenshak [i.e., Naum Coster] Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-19490 10-in. 4/17/1917 Menschheit erwach William Schwartz Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-19491 10-in. 4/17/1917 Sheloi osany yishe William Schwartz Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-20134 10-in. 6/19/1917 Moisha Kapoir Anna Hoffman ; Jacob Jacobs Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-20146 10-in. 6/21/1917 Hello New York Anna Hoffman ; Jacob Jacobs Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-20147 10-in. 6/21/1917 A gris fin America Anna Hoffman ; Jacob Jacobs Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-20148 10-in. 6/21/1917 Yenta gait zech regestin Anna Hoffman ; Jacob Jacobs Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-20149 10-in. 6/21/1917 Moisha Kapoir muft Anna Hoffman ; Jacob Jacobs Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-22049 10-in. 6/27/1918 Die Polisha chosena Anna Hoffman ; Jacob Jacobs Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-22050 10-in. 6/27/1918 Dame rabbins nisem Anna Hoffman ; Jacob Jacobs Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-22481 10-in. 1/20/1919 De lustika Yeddalich Anna Hoffman ; Jacob Jacobs Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-23179 10-in. 9/30/1919 Leib, leib Anna Hoffman ; Jacob Jacobs Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-23531 10-in. 12/15/1919 Dus zvaite vab Anna Hoffman ; Jacob Jacobs Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-24296 10-in. 9/29/1920 A mame's laide Naum Coster Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-25892 10-in. 12/21/1921 Die Tfilen Morris Goldstein ; Simon Paskal Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-27698 10-in. 4/3/1923 A mother you must obey Anna Hoffman Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-30454 10-in. 7/1/1924 Chanike licht Shloimele Rothstein Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 19244 10-in. 2/17/1911 Hot ihr nit gesehn mein Moishe Hyman Adler Tenor vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra composer  
Columbia 19795 10-in. 3/7/1912 Die neshome fin mein folk Simon Paskal Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 19796 10-in. 3/7/1912 Nehm up Zurik dein heim Simon Paskal Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 38207 10-in. 8/16/1912 Beht tates mames auf kinder Bella Nevarra Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 38208 10-in. 8/16/1912 Dus lebedige yisoimele Bella Nevarra Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 38509 10-in. 12/19/1912 Oy, vi sheyn (אה וויא שעהן) Arnold Perlmutter’s Orchestra Orchestra composer, leader  
Columbia 39233 10-in. 2/11/1914 Dem pastechel's cholem Meyer Kanewsky Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 39411 10-in. 5/25/1914 Dos pintele Yid (דאס פּינטעלע יוד) Bennie Zeidman Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 39414 10-in. 5/25/1914 In honig land Sam Silverbush Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 36506 12-in. 12/19/1912 Die Jidishe kroin Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo composer  
Columbia 36507 12-in. 12/19/1912 Das shaifele Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo composer  
Columbia 36508 12-in. 12/19/1912 Dos lebedige yesoimele Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo composer  
Columbia 36509 12-in. 12/19/1912 Shuldig bist du Yidele alein Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo composer  
Columbia 43642 10-in. either 1915 or 1916 Die nevial (נבואָה) Josef Rosenblatt Tenor vocal solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 43782 10-in. approximately 1916 Leben sol Columbus Shir Hashirim Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 43999 10-in. June 1916 Dem pastuchel's cholem Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 44353 10-in. approximately July 1916 Lebn zol Kolumbus (לעבען זאָל קאָלומבוס) Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 44725 10-in. approximately March 1917 Shenk mir mayn mame (שענק מיר מיין מאַמע) Joseph Feldman Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 44783 10-in. approximately November 1916 Sheloy osoni isho (שלא עשני אשה) Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 44784 10-in. approximately November 1917 A mames lid (אַ מאַמע׳ס לייד) Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 44785 10-in. approximately November 1916 Hit zikh fun tayvls makht (היט זיך פון טייפעל׳ס מאַכט) Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 44840 10-in. approximately 1917 Mener ṿayber Mixed Plaza Quartette Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 58559 10-in. approximately September 1917 Hoffnung mit ferlier Minnie Birnbaum Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 58577 10-in. approximately August 1917 Shtetele Amerike (שטעדטעלע אַמעריקא) Sam Kasten Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 84522 10-in. approximately July 1918 Shenkt a nedove (שענקט אַ נדבה) Minnie Birnbaum Female vocal solo, with violin and piano composer  
Columbia 84639 10-in. between 1917 and 1919 Di shṿiger miṭ der shnur (די שוויגער מיט דער שנור) Rose Rubin ; William Ziegenlaub Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra songwriter  
Brunswick E29548 10-in. Apr. 1929 Dem rebe’ns nissem Aaron Lebedeff Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6216 10-in. between 6/7/1918 and 6/13/1918 Schenkt a Neduwe Meyer Kanewsky Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Zonophone 9851 12-in. Nov. 1909 A mensch soll men sein Kalman Juvelier Male vocal solo composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Perlmutter, Arnold," accessed March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107299.

Perlmutter, Arnold. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107299.

"Perlmutter, Arnold." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.

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