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Line 1: {{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." ▼ {{more citations needed\|date=May 2020}} ▲'''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 ~~score~~music 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> ~~with~~Lyrics ~~lyrics~~were 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> ==References== Line 7 ⟶ 10: ==External links== [http://www.~~load~~musicaneo.cdcom/sheetmusic/10547_leo_friedman/ Complete list of L.Friedman's piano works: sheet music in PDF] {{ChoralWiki}} * {{IMSLP\|id=Friedman, Leo}} {{Authority control}} ~~{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->~~ ~~\| NAME = Friedman, Leo~~ ~~\| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =~~ ~~\| SHORT DESCRIPTION =~~ ~~\| DATE OF BIRTH = July 16, 1869~~ ~~\| PLACE OF BIRTH =~~ ~~\| DATE OF DEATH = March 7, 1927~~ ~~\| PLACE OF DEATH =~~ }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Friedman, Leo}} [[Category:Jewish ~~composers and~~American songwriters]] [[Category:1869 births]] [[Category:1927 deaths]]