William Scwartz Shema Yisrael Yiddish (Boris Thomashevsky - Yosef Rumshinsky)

Schwartz, William - Actor (role - singing hero-lover). He was born October 31, 1894 in the city of Iasi, Romania. His father - the shopkeeper clothing.He studied in cheder and Talmud mod p. He graduated from the class 2 city (Romania) High School. Thanks to the beautiful voice of a chorister Schwartz was accepted into the local synagogue. In addition, he played child roles in productions of the local amateur theater.After the death of his father's family, in dire need, and in 1905 immigrated to the United States and settled in New York. Happy Schwartz sold newspapers on the street, and in the evenings in high school and played in the theater circle. Later he took a peddler of telegrams.In 1911, Schwartz proposed by entrepreneur Lowenstein joined the company of professional theater in St. Louis and made his debut in the role of Isaac in the play by Isidore Zolotorevskii "Yiddish Dee Anna Karenina." Later, he wandered from city to city. In 1914 at the invitation of actor Sidney Schwartz Hart returned to New York and enrolled in the Theatre "Liberty" under the leadership of Jacob Adler. In 1916 at the Theatre where he played small roles in the comedy "Tsvey shvigers / Two Tiffany's" Moses Richter and the drama "Der Kalesija sod / mystery bride" Shalom Perlmutera. His partners in these performances were Rose Karp, Bean Abramovich, Coleman and Jewel Hyman Meisel. In 1917, Schwartz received an engagement at the "National Theatre" Boris Tomaszewski, the stage where in 1918 he sygral role in the comedy Big Ben Garry Kalmanovich "Up Stairs And Down Stairs / Up and down the stairs" (music by Joseph Rumshinskogo). In the same play were busy Boris Tomaszewski, Sam Kasteen, Bessie Weissman, Bella Finkel. In 1920, Schwartz goes into the "Theatre on Second Avenue" (Opera Molly Picon), which successfully played operettas Rumshinskogo Joseph: "Dem rebns nign / rabbi Melody" (1920), "Der bobes yerushe / Babushkino inheritance" (1921), "Shtarker feng liberal / Stronger than love" (1922), "Molly, Dolly / Molly Doll" (1925). In 1925, along with Molly Picon Schwartz toured in Argentina. In 1927, the theater, "Prospect", he played in the Avshalom Avrum Goldfaden operetta "Shulamith" (editorial Sholom seconds) and then moved to the theater, "Liberty" (Opera Anshla Shore), in which he played together with Dora Weissman, Clara Gold, Passover Burstein, Menashe Skulnikom. At the end of 1927 in the operetta Sholom Seconds "Zain meydl Yiddish / Jewish girl his" (libretto by Isidore Lesch) Schwartz sang brought him worldwide fame "Mein meydele Yiddish." In the last years of his career, Schwartz was an actor of theater, "Roland", the Philadelphia Theatre at Art Street, Newark theater, "Metropolitan," which in 1931 he sang in operetta Sholom Seconds "Der Wilner chazan / Cantor of Vilna."In 1917-1928 for various record companies (Columbia, Victor, Pathe, Emerson) Schwartz wrote more than 100 Jewish folk songs and arias from operettas.William Schwartz died in Miami. Shma Yisro'el! Hear Me out! Elohim, Your World is great! I plead with You for one Gift. Dear God, Grant Me to her. I Pray to you Today and at all times; I Cry and Scream "Shma Yisroel." "Shma Yisro ' El "- an Old song, sounding Forever New. "Shma Yisro'el," the Jew cries out When in Distress. "Shma Yisro'el," the Jew cries out before Death. now I'm calling out to You, Grant Me, God, the Hand of this Jewish Girl. "Shma Yisro'el" - a wanderlied. O "Shma Yisro'el" - the Jew wanders. Rukhele Make My Bride. Give Me your Blessing. "Shma Yisro'el" - a wanderlied. O "Shma Yisro'el" - the Jew wanders. "Shma, Shma, Shma Yisro'el" shma yisroel! her mikh OYs. Elohim! dayn velt iz groys. eyn geshank Bet ikh dir Bay; gotenyu, Oy, Shenk ES mir. ikh Bet dikh haynt UN ALE mol. kh'shray UN ruf, shma Yisroel. shma Yisroel - an Alt gezang, nay eybik iz der Klang. shma Yisroel, shrayt der yid in noyt. shma Yisroel, der yid shrayt Farn toyt. kh'ruf TSU dir atsind, Shenk mir got dos yidishe kind. shma Yisroel - a vanderlid. Oy, shma Yisroel - s'vandert der yid. a kale zay mir rokhele. GIB mir dayn brokhele. shma Yisroel-a vanderlid. Oy, shma Yisroel s'vandert-der yid. shma, shma, shma Yisroel!