Abe Ellstein(1907-1963)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Composer, conductor and pianist, educated at the Third Street
Settlement, the Manhattan School of Music, and Juilliard (on
scholarship); a student of Frederic Jacobi, Rubin Goldmark, and Albert
Stoessel. He was a member of the Metropolitan Opera's Children's Chorus
between 1916 and 1920 and sang in the John Barrymore production
"Richard III". He toured the world as accompanist to cantor Joseph
Rosenblatt, and composed operettas for the Yiddish Theater. He also
composed the Broadway stage score for "Great To Be Alive" and worked in
radio as music director for WMGM in New York and program host over WEVD
in New York between 1951 and 1963. He also was the music director for
the Advertisers Broadcasting Company. Joining ASCAP in 1958, his chief
musical collaborators included
Walter Bullock,
Molly Picon,
Jacob Jacobs, and Samuel Rosenbaum.