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{{Short description|American composer}}
'''Leo Friedman''' (July 16, 1869 - March 7, 1927) was an [[United States|American]] composer of popular music. Friedman was born in [[Elgin, Illinois]] and died in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He is best remembered for composing the sentimental waltz "[[Let Me Call You Sweetheart]]" with lyrics by [[Beth Slater Whitson]] in 1910. Another popular composition was "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland." ▼
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▲'''Leo Friedman''' (July 16, 1869 - March 7, 1927) was an [[United States|American]] composer of popular music.<ref>{{cite web |title=VIAF ID: 21802633 (Personal) |url=http://viaf.org/viaf/21802633 |website=Virtual International Authority File |publisher=OCLC |access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref> Friedman was born in [[Elgin, Illinois]] and died in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He is best remembered for composing the sentimental waltz "[[Let Me Call You Sweetheart]]" with lyrics by [[Beth Slater Whitson]] in 1910. Another popular composition was "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland."
He also wrote the score for the popular [[racism|racist]] ragtime song, "Coon, Coon, Coon", in 1900<ref>http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/index.php?sm=home.score&?scoreid=55712 Sibelius Music</ref>,<ref>http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/talentDetail.php?id=40398 Victor Recording Library at [[UCSB]]</ref> with lyrics added by Gene Jefferson in 1901 .<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kc4EwD5hoA&NR=1 You Tube video on entertainment portrayals of the early 20th century</ref>,<ref>http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/matrixDetail.php?id=2000000353 Victor Recording Library at [[UCSB]]</ref>. The song was claimed to be the most successful song of 1901. It was published and promoted by "[[Sol Bloom]], the Music Man" of [[Chicago]].<ref>http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/sheetmusic.pl?RagCoonCoon&Rag&1 [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]] at Boulder song libraries</ref>▼
 
▲He also wrote the scoremusic for the popular [[racism|racist]] ragtime song, "[[Coon, Coon, Coon]]", in 1900.<ref>http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/index.php?sm=home.score&?scoreid=55712 Sibelius Music</ref>,<ref>http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/talentDetail.php?id=40398{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Victor Recording Library at [[UCSB]]</ref> withLyrics lyricswere added by Gene Jefferson in 1901 .<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v={{YouTube|1kc4EwD5hoA&NR=1 You Tube |video on entertainment portrayals of the early 20th century}}</ref>,<ref>http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/matrixDetail.php?id=2000000353{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Victor Recording Library at [[UCSB]]</ref>. The song was claimed to be the most successful song of 1901. It was published and promoted by "[[Sol Bloom]], the Music Man" of [[Chicago]].<ref>http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/sheetmusic.pl?RagCoonCoon&Rag&1 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060915021234/http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/sheetmusic.pl?RagCoonCoon&Rag&1 |date=2006-09-15 }} [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]] at Boulder song libraries</ref>
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==External links==
*[http://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/10547_leo_friedman/ Complete list of L.Friedman's piano works: sheet music in PDF]
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