Sholom Secunda  (1894-1974)
Last updated: 03.07.25
According to the Internet source given below, Sholom Secunda was an American composer of Ukrainian-Jewish descent born in Alexandria, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (today Ukraine).
He studied at the Institute for Musical Arts in New York. Secunda worked in Philadelphia's Metropolitan Opera House with director Boris Thomashevsky and in 1921-22 he was director and composer at Clara Young's Liberty Theater. Amongst many compositions, together with Aaron Zeitlin he wrote the famous Yiddish song Dos kelbl (The Calf)" (also known as Donna, Donna which was covered by many musicians, including Donavon Frankenreiter and Joan Baez.
He died in 1974, New York.

Websites:
url15.gif Sholom Secunda Biography by wikipedia.org.  
url15.gif  DAHR: Sholom Secunda List of 75 historic recordings from 1920 to 1951.
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
  Historic Records      
recordmp3.gif Bei mir bist du schön (1937) S. Secunda Phyllis Kenny Victor: BS-017739
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Folk Music CDs:
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cd15.gif The Chad Mitchell Trio Mighty Day On Campus CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Joan Baez Rare, Live & Classic 1958-1989 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 1 work by Sholom Secunda (1894-1974). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Bei mir bist du schön 1937 Sammy Cahn (words)
Saul Chaplin (words)
Jacob Jacobs (words)
Phyllis Kenny (perf.)
Priscilla Lane (perf.)
Wayne Morris (perf.)
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     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg S. Secunda Donna, Donna (3:20) Joan Baez