Sholem Secunda

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Sholem Secunda was a prominent 20th-century American composer of Yiddish theater and popular music, best known for writing the song "Bay mir bistu sheyn."

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Sholem 2
Sholem Secunda canonical 2

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American composer
Yiddish theatre composer
composer
person
songwriter
activeYearsEnd 1970s
activeYearsStart 1910s
associatedWith American Jewish music
Yiddish theatre on New York's Second Avenue
basedIn New York City
birthDate 1894-09-04
birthPlace Aleksandriya, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Oleksandriia, Ukraine
linked to: Oleksandriia
composedFor Yiddish theatre
linked to: Yiddish theater
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1974-06-13
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States
employer Second Avenue Yiddish theatres
linked to: Yiddish Art Theatre

Yiddish Art Theatre
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Secunda
fieldOfWork Yiddish theatre
linked to: Yiddish theater

music
gender male
genre Jewish music
Yiddish theatre music
popular music
givenName Sholem
linked to: Sholem Secunda
hasWorkInLanguage English
Yiddish
languageOfWorkOrName English
Yiddish
movedTo United States of America
name Sholem Secunda
notableFor composing the song "Bay mir bistu sheyn"
notableWork Bay mir bistu sheyn
Bei Mir Bistu Shein
Dos kelbl
occupation cantor
composer
songwriter
religion Judaism
wrote Bay mir bistu sheyn
Dos kelbl

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sholem Rabinovich givenName Sholem
linked to: Sholem Secunda
Sholem Secunda name Sholem Secunda
Sholem Secunda givenName Sholem
linked to: Sholem Secunda