Samuel E. Goldfarb papers 1912-1981

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Samuel E. Goldfarb papers 1912-1981

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Papers and oral history of a composer and music director of Temple de Hirsch, Seattle, Washington.

3.40 cubic feet, including textual materials and sound recordings; 8 boxes and 1 oversize box, 2 sound cassettes

eng,

University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

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Temple de Hirsch (Seattle, Wash.)

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Goldfarb, Israel, 1879-1967

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Samuel E. Goldfarb

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Samuel E. Goldfarb was born in 1891 on the Lower East Side of New York City to a musical family. He studied music at Columbia University, supporting himself by playing piano in a nickelodeon and for a Yiddish vaudeville theater. Goldfarb was a prolific composer of songs and other music. With his brother, Israel Goldfarb, he composed hundreds of songs, and in 1925 the brothers compiled the first American collection of Jewish songs, the Jewish Songster. Samuel Goldfarb's most famous song, "The Dre...