William Dory Explained

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 cylinders 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

• , Religious (1900, Edison Records)^{[2] [3] [4]}
• , from The Pretty Miriam (1900, Edison Records, written by Sigmund Mogulesko)
• (1900, Edison Records)
• , from The Jew in Morocco (1900, Edison Records, from an unpublished play by Peretz Sandler and Sigmund Feinman)
• (1900, Edison Records)
• , Hebrew song (1901, Edison Records)^[5]
• (1901, Edison Records)^[6]
• (1901, Edison Records)
• , from Bar Kochla (1901, Edison Records, from by Avram Goldfaden^[7])
• (1901, Edison Records)
• (1901, Edison Records, probably from the opera The Yiddish King Lear by Jacob Gordin^[8])

Notes and References

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