Ilia Trilling
Ilia Trilling (or Ilya Trilling) (Yiddish: איליאַ טרילינג, 1895–1947) was a German-born Yiddish Theatre producer, actor, and composer as well as a dance teacher.[1][2] He was active in Poland, Ukraine and the United States.
Trilling was born in Elberfeld (now Wuppertal). He was able to obtain passage to America by being granted a passport by Russian authorities solely for Ilya Trilling and then getting a friend to change the word Ilya to "familya", meaning family in the native language.[citation needed] This forgery paid off and the entire family emigrated to America through Ellis Island, never to return to Europe. He continued his work in the Yiddish theater in America. His children and their offspring are still in the United States. They live in California, Pepper Pike, Ohio, Sharon, Massachusetts, Missouri, Florida, Colorado, North Carolina, and many other locations.
Works[edit]
- Zog, Zog, Zog Es Mir (Tell Me, Say It to Me)
- Du Shaynst Vi Di Zun (You Shine Like the Sun)
References[edit]
- ^ Zylbercweig, Zalmen (1931). Leḳsiḳon fun Yidishn ṭeaṭer Vol. 1 (in Yiddish). New York: Elisheva. p. 205.
- ^ Rumshinsky, Joseph (1944). Klangen fun mayn lebn (in Yiddish). New York: A. Y. Biderman. pp. 818–9.
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- 1895 births
- 1947 deaths
- Musicians from Wuppertal
- American male composers
- German composers
- Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States
- 20th-century German Jews
- German theatre managers and producers
- Jewish American composers
- Yiddish theatre
- 20th-century American composers
- 20th-century German musicians
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 20th-century American Jews
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