William Dory

William Dory was an American Yiddish-language recording artist with a brief career at the start of the twentieth century.[1]

His repertoire consisted mainly of Yiddish Theatre music and novelty songs (1900-1901) recorded on Wax cylinder for Edison Records (aka National Phonograph Co.). Although little is known about his personal or professional life, he was one of the first Yiddish-language recording artists in the United States. After he made eleven recordings for Edison (listed in 2 annual catalogs), he was replaced on their roster by Frank Seiden, who re-recorded Dory's general material on the new black-wax moulded cylinders (1902), and some specific titles of his as well.

Selected recordings
  • Kol Nidre, Religious (1900, Edison Records)[2][3][4]
  • Das Peshala, from The Pretty Miriam (1900, Edison Records, written by Sigmund Mogulesko)
  • Der Boocher (1900, Edison Records)
  • Der Pusick, from The Jew in Morocco (1900, Edison Records, from an unpublished play by Peretz Sandler and Sigmund Feinman)
  • Die Strassenfrau (1900, Edison Records)
  • Chosmas Noschim, Hebrew song (1901, Edison Records)[5]
  • A Biss'l von Oeben (1901, Edison Records)[6]
  • Die Lady von Broadway (1901, Edison Records)
  • Das Pastuckel, from Bar Kochla (1901, Edison Records, from Bar Kokhba by Avram Goldfaden[7])
  • Gott sieht und schweigt (1901, Edison Records)
  • Koenig Lear (1901, Edison Records, probably from the opera The Yiddish King Lear by Jacob Gordin[8])

References
  1. Sapoznik, Henry (2006). Klezmer! : Jewish music from Old World to our world (2nd ed.). New York: Schirmer Trade Books. p. 63. ISBN 9780825673245.
  2. "SONGS IN HEBREW". Antique Phonograph Monthly. 2 (9). November 1974.
  3. "NEW EDISON RECORDS". The Phonogram (4). August 1900.
  4. "[08] Singles (Zylinder- und Schellackaufnahmen) des Jahres 1900 mit Datenbanksuche". musiktiteldb.de (in German).
  5. "NEW EDISON RECORDS". The Phonogram (10). February 1901.
  6. "SONGS IN HEBREW". Edison (National) catalog: 29–30. Fall 1901.
  7. Heskes, Irene (1992). Yiddish American popular songs, 1895 to 1950 a catalog based on the Lawrence Marwick roster of copyright entries. Washington: Library of Congress. p. 62. ISBN 016036180X.
  8. Heskes, Irene (1992). Yiddish American popular songs, 1895 to 1950 a catalog based on the Lawrence Marwick roster of copyright entries. Washington: Library of Congress. p. 11. ISBN 016036180X.
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