Re: Biography of Jewish musicians & composers

[alfesta <alfesta...>]

Dear Steve,

Many thanks for your quick response.
George M Cohan's name is mentioned 8 times in the book
THE JEWS OF TIN PAN ALLEY by Kenneth Aaron Kanter, so I presumed he was
Jewish.

Regards

Alf Keiles
----- Original Message -----
From: <BarMusProd (at) aol(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: Biography of Jewish musicians & composers


> I sent this reply directly to the original sender. But since no one has
yet
> mentioned the sources I suggested, I am copying it to the list.
>
> Dear Alf,
>
> In a message dated 4/21/03 7:31:27 AM, alfesta (at) onetel(dot)net(dot)uk 
> writes:
>
> >Hi There,
> >
> >
> >
> >Can anyone out there help me with Biographies of Jewish musicians and
> composers
> >of popular and jazz music, in particular George M Cohan
> >
> Have you tried a simple Google search on the names that you are interested
> in?
>
> Unfortunately you'll have a hard time finding Cohan in a Jewish composers
> list--he wasn't Jewish (although his name certainly sounds Cohenesque). He
> was of Irish descent and was baptised. Musicals101.com is a great source
of
> info on all things musical theatre related. Here is the Cohan bio URL:
> >http://www.musicals101.com/cohanbio1.htm<
>
> To answer your question, one of the better one-volume sources of Jewish
> musicians (and I think also well-researched as well) is _Great Jews in
Music_
> by Darryl Lyman, and its companion volume, _Great Jews on Stage and
Screen_
> published by Jonathan David Publishers (who publish a lot of wonderful
books
> about Judaism). If it is still in print, I'm sure you can get it on Amazon
or
> one of the other big netbased booksellers.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Best wishes,
> Steve
>
> Steve Barnett
> Composer/Arranger/Producer
> Barnett Music Productions
> BarMusProd (at) aol(dot)com
>
>


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