Sholom Secunda (1894-1974)

Overview

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:
	Sholom Secunda	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: Sholom Secunda	List of 75 historic recordings from 1920 to 1951.

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Historic Records
	Bei mir bist du schön (1937)	S. Secunda	Phyllis Kenny	Victor: BS-017739

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Folk Music CDs:
Various Artists	From the Heart of America
The Chad Mitchell Trio	Mighty Day On Campus	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Joan Baez	Rare, Live & Classic 1958-1989	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)

Works

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.)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	S. Secunda	Donna, Donna (3:20)	Joan Baez