Shalom Secunda
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Shalom (Sholom) Secunda (1894 - 1974) was a Jewish composer, born in the Ukraine and educated in the United States. He wrote the popular song "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" in 1932.
Along with Abraham Ellstein, Joseph Rumshinsky, and Alexander Olshanetsky, he was one of the "big four" composers of his era in New York City's Second Avenue Yiddish theatre scene. [1]
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[edit] Filmography
- 1930 : Sailor's Sweetheart
- 1931 : A Cantor on Trial
- 1939 : Kol Nidre
- 1939 : Tevya
- 1940 : The Jewish Melody
- 1940 : Her Second Mother
- 1940 : Motel the Operator
- 1940 : Eli Eli
- 1950 : God, Man and Devil
- 1950 : Catskill Honeymoon
[edit] Notes
- ^ Program notes [1] (Music of Los Angeles Jewish Composers Aminadav Aloni, Michael Isaacson, Robert Strassburg and Hidden Treasures from Prokofiev, Krejn, Grzegorz Fitelberg and Abe Ellstein), Valley Beth Shalom, November 29, 2005. Accessed online 13 November 2006.
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