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About Samuel Eliezer Goldfarb
Samuel Eliezer Goldfarb (Hebrew: שמעון אליעזר גולדפרב,[1] June 18, 1891[2][3] – October 22, 1978[4][5]), was an American composer, arranger, choir conductor, music director, cantor, piano accompanist, and educator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_E._Goldfarb
On his own and together with his brother Israel Goldfarb, Samuel collected and composed hundreds of Jewish songs, publishing a number of songbooks, the most popular being the two-volume The Jewish Songster — המנגן, which was used in Jewish schools throughout the USA and underwent many editions from 1918 to 1929. These works earned him the epithet "the father of Jewish music in America". Among his best-known songs are "I Have a Little Dreidel" and "Oh, Once There Was a Wicked Wicked Man". Although the bulk of his compositions consisted of Jewish songs and choral works for the Sabbath and holiday liturgies, he also composed secular Yiddish and English and vocal music, sacred and secular instrumental music. In addition, he composed several dramatic works, including biblical operettas such as his 1926 The Jews in Egypt and the music to Elma Ehrlich Levinger's libretto for Ruth of Moab (1923); and secular works such as I See an America, a choral arrangement of the text of a 1952 presidential campaign speech by Adlai Stevenson II.
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I would like to contribute this snippet of information about Samuel E. Goldfarb.
I am Sara Rubinow Simon, the granddaughter of Rabbi Israel Goldfarb, his brother.
Millions of American children can thank Uncle Sam for writing "I Have a Little Dreidel" and "Oh, Once There Was a Wicked, Wicked Man and Haman Was His Name,Sir".
He and Grandpa collaborated on two volumes of The Jewish Songster while he was the Head of the Music Department of the Bureau of Jewish Education in New York City.
Contact me at srsimon@verizon.net
"Directory and Genealogy of the Horowitz-Margareten Family- from Generation to Generation" revised Edition 1994. -No. H1261 - chart no. 14-A
Samuel E Goldfarb
- New York City Marriage License Index 1908-1929
- Marriage: Oct 14 1914 - Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
- Bride: Bella Horowitz
Samuel Goldfarb
- U.S. Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
- Birth: June 18 1891
- Death: Oct 1978
- Last residence: Mercer Island, Washington 98040, USA
- Immigration: 1891
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 15 2021, 20:47:08 UTC
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Samuel Eliezer Goldfarb's Timeline
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June 18, 1891
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New York, New York, United States
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| 1916 |
October 9, 1916
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New York, United States
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May 1, 1938
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| 1978 |
October 22, 1978
Age 87
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Mercer Island, King, Washington, United States
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