Sholom Secunda

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Sholom Secunda (4 September 1894 - 13 January 1974) was a Jewish composer, born in Ukraine and educated in the United States. He wrote the melody for the popular song "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" in 1932. Together with Aaron Zeitlin he wrote the famous Yiddish folk song "Dos kelbl" (also known as "Donna Donna") which was covered by many musicians, including Donovan and Joan Baez.

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]

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Filmography 2 Notes 3 External links

[edit] Works

[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

1. ^ 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.

[edit] External links

• Sholom Secunda at the Internet Movie Database

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