Herman Wohl

Herman Wohl (; 1877–1936) was a Jewish–American composer closely associated with the American Yiddish Theatre. Galicia Wohl was born in Otyniia near Stanislavov (now called Ivano-Frankivsk) in eastern Galicia, now Ukraine. He was raised in a Chasidic home and studied with cantors from the age of 9. He soon began composing, directing choirs, and singing as a Hazzan himself. At the age of 16 he joined Kalman Juvelier’s troupe in Galicia, acting, singing in the chorus, and writing songs for their repertoire. America In 1896 he was brought to America to teach; he soon began writing for several theater troupes. He partnered with Aaron (Arnold) Perlmutter and over the course of 16 years they wrote music for many operettas including , and dozens of others by Moshe Hurwitz (Horowitz), Anshel Shor’s (The Widow) and (One should be a decent person) also Motashevski’s , and Working with Edelstein in the People’s Theater, he composed music to * Mikhl Goldberg’s musical comedy (Lived and laughed) * Adam Mesko’s operetta (The night of love) * Boris Thomashefsky’s (The holy song) * Itskhok Lesh’s , 1921 * Israel Rozenberg’s * Tomashevski’s Lebedik un freylekh and Thousand and One Nights * William