Abraham Singer Papers 1881-1961

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Abraham Singer Papers 1881-1961

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Abraham Singer was born in Austria in 1876. He is mainly known as a composer of Jewish folk and popular songs. He served as cantor of Congregation Ahavath Chesed in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, in 1920 and as chair of Member Committee of the Jewish Ministers Cantors’ Association of America in 1936. The collection contains originals and copies of manuscript scores, published sheet music by Singer as well as others, photographs, printing plates, business cards, printed materials, and a scrapbook.

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Carus, Paul Paisele

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Singer, Abraham

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Singer, Abraham, b. 1876

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Secunda, Sholom, 1894-1974

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Composed music for "Bei mir bist du schön" and other songs. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Helen, [1965 Mar.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910495 Born in 1894 in the Ukraine, Sholom Secunda was a composer, arranger, director and critic who came to New York in 1907 and entered the Institute of Musical Art (later renamed the Juilliard School), where he trained with composer Ernest Bloch. Secunda's first love was classical music, but...