Lori Cahan-Simon did thorough research on this. It is more complicated than it appears, but I believe she ended up endorsing the theory that Gelbart wrote the music and words in Yiddish and S.S. Grossman wrote the English lyrics.
Her email used to be: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Since she couldn't trace it to before 1940, it would still be under copyright. Unfortunately, the putative composer whom Cahan-Simon does not endorse was Samuel Goldfarb, who worked for the Board, so it may be that your organization has traditionally claimed ownership to this work on thin evidence. The up side is, I believe she has made a thorough enough search to put you in touch with any heirs to the actual copyright holders. Best, Faith Jones Librarian, Dorot Jewish Division The New York Public Library Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
