"Funny Girl" Images of Barbra- Yiddish song-Sholom Secunda

Barbra Streisand images and variations
on a yiddish song: Yiddish Meidl.
A famous yiddish song, A yiddishe Meidele,
serves as background music for images of
Barbra Streisand. The song is presented
as a tango, honky tonk, klezmer and yiddish
swing. This well known yiddish song is played at weddings and jewish festivities.
Barbra has sung yiddish-like songs, like
"second hand rose" or "sam, you made the
pants too long", but for some unknown reason
she has never sung in yiddish, a language
she knows well.

Yiddishe Meidele- it means yiddish girl or
jewish girl.

Funny Girl (film) 1968.- Directed by William
Wyler, stars Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif.

Mein yiddishe meidele: Yiddish-Theatre,Yiddish
Alternative Titles: Mein yiddishe meidele, yiddish Meydaleh, A Jidise Meidele,
Yiddish Meidl, A Jidise Mejdele,
Mayn Yiddishe Meydele.

Lyricist: Schorr, Anshel
Composer: Secunda, Sholom (Sholem,Shlomo)
This song can be found on: Romantic music of the Yiddish theatre - William Royal

Selections:
1) Yiddish Meydaleh......Chana Grinboym
(AKA Channa Grinboim)

2) Mein Yiddishe Meidele...The Hester Street
Troupe

3) Jidise Mejdele.....Jacov Magid
(AKA Yokov Magid

4) Mayn Yiddishe Meydele....Klezmer Conser-
vatory Band

SHOLOM SECUNDA
Sholom Secunda (1894 - 1974) was a Jewish composer, born in Ukraine and educated in the United States. He wrote the melody for the popular song "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" in 1932.

Along with Abraham Ellstein, Joseph Rumshinsky, and Alexander Olshanetsky, he was one of the "big four" composers of his era in New York City's Second Avenue Yiddish theatre scene.

Date of Birth
14 August 1893, Russia

Date of Death
13 January 1974, New York, New York, USA

Shalom Secunda

Shalom Secunda (auch Sholom; * 14. August 1894 andere Quellen 1893 in Alexandira Neurussland (heute Olexandrija Ukraine); † 13. Januar 1974 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist.

Secunda entstammt einem Deutsch-Jüdischem Elternhaus, in dem Deutsch und jiddisch gesprochen wurde. In Alexandria war der Junge als "Kleiner Kantor" bekannt. 1907 kam er mit seiner Familie nach New York und sang auf der Straße. Im Jahre 1914 trat er ins Institute of Musical Art (später in Juilliard School umbenannt) ein. Hier erhielt er eine klassische Musikausbildung und erhielt durch den schweizerischen Komponisten [[Ernest Bloch Privatstunden. Nebenbei arbeitete er am Jiddischen Theater.

Bekannt ist er für den Titel Bei mir bist du schön (1932).

While Secunda's first love was classical music, his livelihood came from his Yiddish theatre compositions. For the 1916-17 season, he was engaged as resident composer and conductor for Brooklyn's Lyric Theater. In 1932, Secunda wrote the music for M'ken Lebn nor m'lazt nit (I would if I could) starring Aaron Lebedev and Lucy Levine. Included in the score was the song "Bei Mir Bist Du Sheyn" which when sung by the Andrew Sisters a few years later became the most popular worldwide hit of 1939.

From 1937 into the early 40's, Secunda was the composer for Maurice Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theatre writing music for The Brother's Ashkenazi which toured North America and Europe. In 1940, Secunda composed the score for the popular musical Esterke which included "Dona, Dona, Dona" a song that was to resurface 25 years later as an international hit recorded by Joan Baez and others.

November 2010.- Opening of the NATIONAL MUSEUM
OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY at Independence Mall,
Philadelphia, PA. "the "Only in America" Gallery Hall of Fame highlighting the accomplishments of 18 Jewish Americans, including guest Barbra Streisand."
Barbra donated the dress she wore in the film YENTL.

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[albertdiner]

"you never call, you never write...but I'm not complaining just merely stating the facts!"

[albertdiner]

MyMamaLoshen (original source)

JOKE OF THE DAY: "My mother is a typical Jewish mother.Once she was on jury duty. They sent her home. She insisted SHE was guilty"

[Geostrum2]

Just how Jewish is Barbra. Does she keep kosher? Light sabbath candles? Go to shule? Observe the holidays?

[albertdiner]

Maybew not, maybe yes. I'm sure she's

busy planning her next CD, or directing

a film, etc. Yet, She has provided us with

an exquisie version of Avinu Malkeinu, sang Hatikvah to Golda Meir, and directed

that masterpiece called YENTL. I hope

someday she'll record a yiddish song, a

language she knows well.

[OneoftheImmortals]

Sholom Secunda was a relative of mine.

[albertdiner]

What great yiddish songs he wrote....You´re very lucky and should be very proud.

[listengort88]

Bravo, Shalom Aleihem B'Everyone :P

[Loejyrrab]

@albertdiner She also speaks Italian. Oy, what girl.

[31sylvia]

Pure delight, photos & music. Brings back memories of Streisand's fine performances as well as the Yiddish Theater of years ago.

[audreyhepburnrules]

Fabulous collection of Streisand photos! :)

[oumaziz]

better look first to your own than to someone .this is written in the Torah,the Quran and the Bible

[oumaziz]

nice songs

[CoolWhiteChick]

She's a Kiddish Hashem. Besides, G-d is the true judge of one's merits. ONLY G-d. So...you can rest easy!!!