Seymour Rechtzeit
Seymour Rexite (January 18, 1908 – October 14, 2002), originally Rechtzeit, was an actor and singer of the Yiddish theater, film and radio in the United States, and for some time president of the Hebrew Actors' Union. Born in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, and a child prodigy, Rexite emigrated to the United States in 1920, along with the hipecantor, and his older brother Jack Rechtzeit, an actor and songwriter. The then-immigration quotas prevented Seymour's mother and other siblings from emigrating from Poland, so Seymour sang a song, which his brother Jack had composed, before President Calvin Coolidge which so moved the President that he granted the entry visas. Rexite performed Yiddish translations of pop music standards as well as songs written in his native language. He starred in a musical featuring Yiddish music at a theatre on Second Avenue in the Yiddish Theater District opposite the famous soprano Isa Kremer which was entitled The Song of the Ghetto. He married Miriam Kressyn, another star of the Yiddish stage, in 1943. Kressyn died at age 86 in 1996; they had no children. Rexite died in 2002 in New York City. The couple is buried under the family name Rechtzeit in Block 67 of Mount Hebron Cemetery. This section is reserved for those who were part of New York Yiddish theater and is maintained by the Yiddish Theatrical Alliance. In 1924, he had enough money to bring the rest of his family but he couldn't. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born January 18, 1908 (Piotrków Trybunalski), Died October 14, 2002 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1942
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal
Notes: Name also spelled on disc labels as Seymor Rechtzeit.
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 34 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-62770 | 10-in. | 7/7/1930 | Mein Yidishe mame | Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-62773 | 10-in. | 7/7/1930 | Kadish | Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-047951 | 10-in. | 3/14/1940 | Ich sing | Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-047952 | 10-in. | 3/14/1940 | Belz | Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-047953 | 10-in. | 3/14/1940 | Zlatapol | Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-047954 | 10-in. | 3/14/1940 | Mazel | Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-051457 | 10-in. | 6/20/1940 | Der alter zigeuner | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Bagelman Sisters ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Female vocal duet and male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-051458 | 10-in. | 6/20/1940 | Dem nayem sher | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Bagelman Sisters ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Female vocal duet and male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-058608 | 10-in. | 12/19/1940 | Ich hob dich tzufil lieb | Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-058609 | 10-in. | 12/19/1940 | Der yiddisher nigun | Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-058610 | 10-in. | 12/19/1940 | Ich vel varten of dir | Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-058611 | 10-in. | 12/19/1940 | Vus di vilst | Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-062890 | 10-in. | 3/26/1941 | Mein yiddishe mame | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-062891 | 10-in. | 3/26/1941 | Misirlou | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-062892 | 10-in. | 3/26/1941 | Mein freilich lied | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-062893 | 10-in. | 3/26/1941 | Shvarze oigen | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-065922 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Keinmool | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-065923 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Hopkele | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-065924 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Unser yidish folk | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-065925 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | In der liebe | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-065926 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Liebe | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-065927 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | A freilich land | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-065928 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Di, di zun, un di shteren | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-065929 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Yidishkeit | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-068425 | 10-in. | 11/26/1941 | Shulem tanz | Abe Ellstein Orchestra ; Seymour Rechtzeit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Rechtzeit, Seymour," accessed February 8, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116690.
Rechtzeit, Seymour. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved February 8, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116690.
"Rechtzeit, Seymour." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 8 February 2023.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Seymour Rexite
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LCNAR: Rechtzeit, Seymour, 1908-2002 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr96022926
Wikidata: Seymour Rexite - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9335814
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