Solomon Golub (
Latvia
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, 27 February 1887 –
Bronx, New York
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, 18 June 1952) was a Russian Empire-born, naturalized American, song composer.
[American Jewish year book - Volume 54 - Page 539 Cyrus Adler, Henrietta Szold, American Jewish Committee - 1953 "GOLUB, SOLOMON, poet, composer, singer; music critic for The ]iddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashke ...
Day; wrote several vols, of Yiddish and Hebrew songs; b. Latvia. Feb. 27, 1887; d. Bronx, N. Y., June 18, 1952." A collection of his Yiddish songs was published by Metro Music in 1936.
References
External links
STM - mp3s of three Yiddish songs
American male composers
American composers
1887 births
1952 deaths
20th-century American male musicians
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
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