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Bei mir bist Du schön: The Life of Sholom Secunda
by Secunda, Victoria
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- ISBN 10
- 0913660159
- ISBN 13
- 9780913660157
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Weston, Connecticut: MagiCircle Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xiii, 271pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original photographic dust jacket. Fascinating biography of Yiddish composer Sholom Secunda. The author covers Secunda's early years in the Ukraine, his escape from Eastern Europe in 1907, his arrival in America, the early hardships in the United Sates, his exile to Philadelphia and other struggles, until he finally became one of the most famous composers of New York's Yiddish musical theater. A song from one of his 65 productions, "Bei mir bist Du schön," became the most popular song in the world in 1938 when it was recorded by the Andrews Sisters. A generation later, another one of his Yiddish theater songs, "Dona, Dona, Dona," became an international hit. Secunda also composed for film, opera, synagogue, and was a music critic of the "Jewish Daily Forward." Foreword by Walter Matthau. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs showing the artist at various stages throughout his life. Top corners slightly bumped. Some creasing, chipping and rubbing on dj. Inscribed by previous owner on free front endpaper. Tight copy with dj in good, book in near fine condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24835
- Title
- Bei mir bist Du schön: The Life of Sholom Secunda
- Author
- Secunda, Victoria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0913660159
- ISBN 13
- 9780913660157
- Publisher
- MagiCircle Press
- Place of Publication
- Weston, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- jewish music, jewish theater, jewish composers, 20th century, judaism, jewry, jewish music critics, jewish personalities, famous jews
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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