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Leo Friedman (July 16, 1869 - March 7, 1927) was an American composer of popular music.^[1] 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 music for the popular ragtime song "Coon, Coon, Coon" in 1900.^[2]^[3] Lyrics were added by Gene Jefferson in 1901.^[4]^[5] 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.^[6]

References

^ "VIAF ID: 21802633 (Personal)". Virtual International Authority File. OCLC. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/index.php?sm=home.score&?scoreid=55712 Sibelius Music
^ http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/talentDetail.php?id=40398^{[permanent dead link‍]} Victor Recording Library at UCSB
^ video on entertainment portrayals of the early 20th century on YouTube
^ http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/matrixDetail.php?id=2000000353^{[permanent dead link‍]} Victor Recording Library at UCSB
^ http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/sheetmusic.pl?RagCoonCoon&Rag&1 Archived 2006-09-15 at the Wayback Machine University of Colorado at Boulder song libraries

External links

Complete list of L.Friedman's piano works: sheet music in PDF
Free scores by Leo Friedman in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Free scores by Leo Friedman at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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[1] "VIAF ID: 21802633 (Personal)". Virtual International Authority File. OCLC. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[2] ttps://www.sibeliusmusic.com/index.php?sm=home.score&?scoreid=55712 Sibelius Music

[3] ttps://victor.library.ucsb.edu/talentDetail.php?id=40398^{[permanent dead link‍]} Victor Recording Library at UCSB

[4] video on entertainment portrayals of the early 20th century on YouTube

[5] ttps://victor.library.ucsb.edu/matrixDetail.php?id=2000000353^{[permanent dead link‍]} Victor Recording Library at UCSB

[6] ttps://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/sheetmusic.pl?RagCoonCoon&Rag&1 Archived 2006-09-15 at the Wayback Machine University of Colorado at Boulder song libraries

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-'''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 the sentimental waltz "[[Let Me Call You Sweetheart]]". 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>and followed that in 1901 with lyrics added by Gene Jefferson.<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>
+{{more citations needed|date=May 2020}}
+'''Leo Friedman''' (July 16, 1869 - March 7, 1927) was an 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."
-== References ==
+He also wrote the music for the popular 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> Lyrics were added by Gene Jefferson in 1901.<ref>{{YouTube|1kc4EwD5hoA|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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+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
+*[http://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/10547_leo_friedman/ Complete list of L.Friedman's piano works: sheet music in PDF]
-{{ChoralWiki}}
+* {{ChoralWiki}}
+* {{IMSLP|id=Friedman, Leo}}
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-[[Category:Jewish composers and songwriters]]
+[[Category:Jewish American songwriters]]
+[[Category:1869 births]]
+[[Category:1927 deaths]]
+[[Category:Songwriters from Illinois]]
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