Dear Steve, Many thanks for your quick response. George M Cohan's name is mentioned 8 times in the book THE JEWS OF TIN PAN ALLEY by Kenneth Aaron Kanter, so I presumed he was Jewish.
Regards Alf Keiles ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 6:04 PM Subject: Re: Biography of Jewish musicians & composers > I sent this reply directly to the original sender. But since no one has yet > mentioned the sources I suggested, I am copying it to the list. > > Dear Alf, > > In a message dated 4/21/03 7:31:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >Hi There, > > > > > > > >Can anyone out there help me with Biographies of Jewish musicians and > composers > >of popular and jazz music, in particular George M Cohan > > > Have you tried a simple Google search on the names that you are interested > in? > > Unfortunately you'll have a hard time finding Cohan in a Jewish composers > list--he wasn't Jewish (although his name certainly sounds Cohenesque). He > was of Irish descent and was baptised. Musicals101.com is a great source of > info on all things musical theatre related. Here is the Cohan bio URL: > >http://www.musicals101.com/cohanbio1.htm< > > To answer your question, one of the better one-volume sources of Jewish > musicians (and I think also well-researched as well) is _Great Jews in Music_ > by Darryl Lyman, and its companion volume, _Great Jews on Stage and Screen_ > published by Jonathan David Publishers (who publish a lot of wonderful books > about Judaism). If it is still in print, I'm sure you can get it on Amazon or > one of the other big netbased booksellers. > > Good luck. > > Best wishes, > Steve > > Steve Barnett > Composer/Arranger/Producer > Barnett Music Productions > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=
