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...Secunda, Sholom, a songwriter who sold a $3,000,000 tune for $30. See SHOW BUSINESS...
When an obscure Brooklyn composer named Sholom Secunda was writing songs for the Yiddish theater in the '303, he and Lyricist Jacob Jacobs would peddle the copyrights to music publishers for $15 apiece, and they were happy to get the money. One day in 1937, Secunda heard a familiar sound coming out of the jukeboxes of Flatbush. The Andrews Sisters had picked up one of his tunes, cut a record for Decca with new lyrics, and all over the U.S. people were dancing...
...Donna Donna, Miss Baez uses a flowing translation of a lyric song composed by Sholom Secunda for the Yiddish musical theatre. Although it has long been a favorite of Jewish folksingers, and was recorded recently by Theodore Bikel and Martha Schlamme, Miss Baez gives it a delicate, and very personal touch...
Died. Maurice Schwartz, 69, founder, director and leading actor of New York's Yiddish Art Theater, which from 1919 to 1950 produced about 150 plays-from Shakespeare to Sholom Aleichem-and such alumni as Paul Muni and Stella Adler; of a heart attack; in Petah Tikva, Israel...
Unlike much contemporary theatre, the structure, scenery, and characters are simple. But also unlike much contemporary theatre, the audience understands the people on stage. This combination of Morris Carnovsky and Sholom Aleichem should not be missed...