Abraham Ellstein

Along with Sholom Secunda, Joseph Rumshinsky, and Alexander Olshanetsky, Ellstein was one of the "big four" composers of his era in New York City's Yiddish Theater District scene.

He was born on the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at that time an Eastern European Jewish immigrant area.

He was the conductor of the boy's choir of the Broadway production Richard III, at only thirteen years old.

He went on to study at the Graduate School of Juilliard, training as a conductor, with a major in composition.

[3] The libretto was created by the composer and his wife, Sylvia Regan, based on the mythical Golem tale of the Central European Jews.