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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 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.<ref>http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/sheetmusic.pl?RagCoonCoon&Rag&1 [[University of Colorado]] at Boulder song libraries</ref>
'''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 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.<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>


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Revision as of 08:07, 13 July 2009

Leo Friedman (July 16, 1869 - March 7, 1927) was an 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 ragtime song, "Coon, Coon, Coon", in 1900[1],[2]and followed that in 1901 with lyrics added by Gene Jefferson.[3],[4]. The song was claimed to be the most successful song of 1901.[5]

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Free scores by Leo Friedman in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)