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Anatole Friedland

March 17, 2024

Anatole Friedland, also spelled as Anatol Friedland and Anato Friedland, (March 21, 1881 – July 24, 1938) was a composer, songwriter, vaudeville performer, and Broadway producer during the 1900s. He is most-known for composing songs with lyricist L. Wolfe Gilbert. Their most popular songs include, "My Sweet Adair" (1915), "Are You From Heaven?" (1917), and "My Own Iona" (1916).

Anatole Friedland
Friedland in 1922
Born(1881-03-21)March 21, 1881
St. Petersburg, Russia
DiedJuly 24, 1938(1938-07-24) (aged 50)
Atlantic City, New Jersey
NationalityRussian
Other namesAnatol Friedland,
Anato Friedland
Occupation(s)Composer, Vaudeville performer, Broadway producer
Years active1911-1936

Personal life edit

Friedland was born on March 21, in St. Petersburg, Russia.[1] Some sources claim his year of birth is 1881,[2] while others list it as 1888.[1][3] He used March 21, 1884 on his June 21, 1922 passport application.[4]

Friedland's early education came from private schools in St. Petersburg.[3] He then studied music at the Moscow Conservatory before emigrating to the United States sometime after 1900.[2] He attended the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation[5] at Columbia University in New York City, where he studied architecture.[2] While a student at Columbia, Friedland composed music for several varsity shows.[3]

In 1936, Friedland had one of his legs amputated.[1] Shortly after that, he retired and resided at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[2] Friedland died on July 24, 1938.[1][6] His daughter, Gloria Greer, was eight years old at the time of his death. She would go on to become a reporter, editor, and talk show hostess.[7] His widow was Rollie Friedland,[8] later known as Rollie Landers. She founded Sand-to-Sea magazine.[7]

Career edit

 
You're So Cute, Soldier Boy cover; Music by Friedland

After graduating, Friedland worked as an architect by day and composed music at night. As an architect, he earned $16 per week.[3] He soon drifted more towards vaudevilles.[1][9]

In 1911, Friedland and lyricist Malvin Franklin wrote the score for the Broadway musical, The Wife Hunters.[2] The musical starred Emma Carus and Lew Fields. Due to its success, Friedland was hired by the Shubert family to compose music for their Winter Garden productions, including The Passing Show.[1] In 1912, he wrote the music for the Shubert hit, Broadway to Paris,[2] which featured Gertrude Hoffmann, Louise Dresser, and Irène Bordoni.[3] He also collaborated with Lee Shubert on musicals.[9]

His song, "My Little Persian Rose," released in 1912, put him on the market.[10][11]

Friedland met L. Wolfe Gilbert, a fellow Russian, in 1913. The two would go on to write many successful songs together, including a handful of World War I songs. Sometimes they would perform the songs on stage together. Other times Friedland would perform the songs alone, playing the piano and singing.[2] They set up miniature revues which featured their songs. In the early 1930s, Friedland produced "tabloid" versions of Broadway musicals. These toured motion picture houses that showed one film feature and one live vaudeville. At the beginning of their careers, Barbara Stanwyck and Mae Clarke appeared in these vaudevilles.[1] Friedland and Gilbert's first song issued by their own publishing firm was, Are You From Heaven?. The Gilbert & Friedland Publishing Company operated for a few successful years. Its business would decline after a five-and-ten-cent store ordered five million copies of one song (Afghanistan), but reversed the deal after the song failed to catch on.[3]

In November 1919, Friedland returned to the publishing staff of Stern & Company, and was considered "one of the foremost writers of that organization."[10]

Besides Gilbert, Friedland also collaborated with Harold R. Atteridge,[12] and Edgar Allan Woolf. He also gave Phil Regan his start as a singer.[7]

For most of his career, he worked as a vaudeville performer and was a headliner in musical productions. For two decades, Friedland appeared in or produced "lavish revues."[1][2][9] One of these revues titled, Musicland (1919), starred Friedland and "a bevy of beautiful girls." At the time it was considered the most costly production in theatrical history, and included bizarre costumes, scenic effects, and thoughtful lyrics. These elaborate productions earned him the nickname, the "Ziegfeld of Vaudeville."[10] Friedland headlined on the B. F. Keith Circuit in Anatol's Affairs of 1924.[9]

During prohibition, Friedland opened and operated a speakeasy known as Club Anatole.[2] Friedland performed many of his songs at this club, which was located on West 44th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in New York.[1][5] Stanwyck, Clarke, and Dorothy Sheppard were hired to perform at the club. Friedland became protective of the three women and gave them advice on how to navigate Broadway and Tin Pan Alley.[9]

In 1923, Friedland joined the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.[12]

Selected works edit

 
While You're away Cover; Gilbert & Friedland WWI song

Lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert

  • While You're Away (Pack Up Your Cares in a Bundle of Joy). (1918). Gilbert Friedland Music Publishers. OCLC 8342758[13]
  • While You're Away. (1918). Gilbert Friedland Music Publishers. OCLC 861077451[14][15][16]
  • Singapore. (1918). Gilbert & Friedland, Inc. OCLC 42917058 [17]
  • (After the Battle is Over) Then You Can Come Back to Me. (1918). Gilbert & Friedland, Inc. OCLC 902638331 [18][19][20]
  • Are You From Heaven?. (1917). Gilbert & Friedland. OCLC 9657464 [21]
  • Camouflage. (1917). with E.E. Watson. J.W. Stern & Co.. OCLC 80540979 [22][23]
  • Lily of the Valley, A "Nut" Song. (1917). J.W. Stern. OCLC 20119545 [24]
  • Set Aside Your Tears (Till the Boys Come Marching Home). with Malvin Franklin. (1917). Joseph W. Stern & Co. OCLC 17799622 [25][26][27]
  • Shades in the Night. (1916). J.W. Stern. OCLC 20120678 [28]
  • My Own Iona. with Henry Burr, Manuel Romain, and Carey Morgan. (1916). Rex. OCLC 62472671 [29]
  • My Sweet Adair. with Domenico Savino. (1915). Joseph W. Stern. OCLC 30124157 [30]

Lyrics by Edgar Allan Woolf

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i . The Big Band Database Plus. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Composers of Early American Popular Music". The Parlor Songs Academy. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Ewen, David (1962). Popular American Composers from Revolutionary Times to the Present. New York: H.W. Wilson Co. p. 65. ISBN 9780824200404.
  4. ^ "Anatole Friedland passport application". United States Department of State. June 21, 1922. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  5. ^ a b . A Global Report from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Anatol Friedland. Wrote Song Hits. Author of 'My Little Persian Rose,' 'Lily of the Valley' and Others Dies in Jersey. Once Ran Nightclub Here. Composed Music for Student Shows While at Columbia. Appeared in Vaudeville. Graduate of Columbia". The New York Times. July 25, 1938.
  7. ^ a b c Fessier, Bruce (31 October 2015). "Longtime desert journalist Gloria Greer dies". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  8. ^ Kilgallen, Dorothy (18 December 1943). "The $64 Questions". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d e Wilson, Victoria (2013). A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780684831688.
  10. ^ a b c Music Trades. Vol. 58. New York: The Music Trades. 1 November 1919. p. 47.
  11. ^ "My little Persian rose". Library of Congress: National Jukebox. Library of Congress. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Anatol Friedland". Media Bang. Retrieved 5 February 2016.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ While you're away:("Pack up your cares in a bundle of joy"). OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 8342758. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  14. ^ While you're away. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 861077451. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  15. ^ "While you're away". Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  16. ^ Vogel (1995) p. 278 "World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics" (McFarland & Company, Inc.)
  17. ^ Singapore. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 42917058. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  18. ^ Then you can come back to me. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 902638331. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  19. ^ Vogel (1995) pp. 147, 286. "World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics (McFarland & Company, Inc.)
  20. ^ "Then you can come back to me". Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  21. ^ Are you from heaven?. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 9657464. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  22. ^ Camouflage. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 80540979. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  23. ^ Vogel (1995) p. 161 "World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics (McFarland & Company, Inc.)
  24. ^ Lily of the valley. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 20119545. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  25. ^ Set aside your tears: (till the boys come marching home). OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 17799622. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  26. ^ Vogel (1995) p. 234-235 "World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes with Over 300 Complete Lyrics" (McFarland & Company, Inc.)
  27. ^ "Set aside your tears (till the boys come marching home)". Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  28. ^ Shades of night. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 20120678. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  29. ^ My own iona. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 62472671. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  30. ^ My sweet Adair. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 30124157. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  31. ^ You're so cute: soldier boy. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 81692532. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  32. ^ "You're so cute: soldier boy". OCLC WorldCat. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  33. ^ Vogel (1995) p. 283 "World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics" (McFarland & Company, Inc.)
Bibliography
  • Wilson, Victoria (2013). A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780684831688.
  • Vogel, Frederick G.. World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1995. ISBN 0-89950-952-5

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anatole Friedland.
  • Photo of Antaole Friedland at Victoria Wilson Books
  • The Pittsburgh Press: Anatole Friedland leaves his dear New York for Pittsburgh
  • New York Clipper: Review of Anatole Friedland's revue Anatole's Affair

March 17, 2024
anatole, friedland, also, spelled, anatol, friedland, anato, friedland, march, 1881, july, 1938, composer, songwriter, vaudeville, performer, broadway, producer, during, 1900s, most, known, composing, songs, with, lyricist, wolfe, gilbert, their, most, popular. Anatole Friedland also spelled as Anatol Friedland and Anato Friedland March 21 1881 July 24 1938 was a composer songwriter vaudeville performer and Broadway producer during the 1900s He is most known for composing songs with lyricist L Wolfe Gilbert Their most popular songs include My Sweet Adair 1915 Are You From Heaven 1917 and My Own Iona 1916 Anatole FriedlandFriedland in 1922Born 1881 03 21 March 21 1881St Petersburg RussiaDiedJuly 24 1938 1938 07 24 aged 50 Atlantic City New JerseyNationalityRussianOther namesAnatol Friedland Anato FriedlandOccupation s Composer Vaudeville performer Broadway producerYears active1911 1936 Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Selected works 4 References 5 External linksPersonal life editFriedland was born on March 21 in St Petersburg Russia 1 Some sources claim his year of birth is 1881 2 while others list it as 1888 1 3 He used March 21 1884 on his June 21 1922 passport application 4 Friedland s early education came from private schools in St Petersburg 3 He then studied music at the Moscow Conservatory before emigrating to the United States sometime after 1900 2 He attended the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation 5 at Columbia University in New York City where he studied architecture 2 While a student at Columbia Friedland composed music for several varsity shows 3 In 1936 Friedland had one of his legs amputated 1 Shortly after that he retired and resided at The Ritz Carlton Hotel in Atlantic City New Jersey 2 Friedland died on July 24 1938 1 6 His daughter Gloria Greer was eight years old at the time of his death She would go on to become a reporter editor and talk show hostess 7 His widow was Rollie Friedland 8 later known as Rollie Landers She founded Sand to Sea magazine 7 Career edit nbsp You re So Cute Soldier Boy cover Music by FriedlandAfter graduating Friedland worked as an architect by day and composed music at night As an architect he earned 16 per week 3 He soon drifted more towards vaudevilles 1 9 In 1911 Friedland and lyricist Malvin Franklin wrote the score for the Broadway musical The Wife Hunters 2 The musical starred Emma Carus and Lew Fields Due to its success Friedland was hired by the Shubert family to compose music for their Winter Garden productions including The Passing Show 1 In 1912 he wrote the music for the Shubert hit Broadway to Paris 2 which featured Gertrude Hoffmann Louise Dresser and Irene Bordoni 3 He also collaborated with Lee Shubert on musicals 9 His song My Little Persian Rose released in 1912 put him on the market 10 11 Friedland met L Wolfe Gilbert a fellow Russian in 1913 The two would go on to write many successful songs together including a handful of World War I songs Sometimes they would perform the songs on stage together Other times Friedland would perform the songs alone playing the piano and singing 2 They set up miniature revues which featured their songs In the early 1930s Friedland produced tabloid versions of Broadway musicals These toured motion picture houses that showed one film feature and one live vaudeville At the beginning of their careers Barbara Stanwyck and Mae Clarke appeared in these vaudevilles 1 Friedland and Gilbert s first song issued by their own publishing firm was Are You From Heaven The Gilbert amp Friedland Publishing Company operated for a few successful years Its business would decline after a five and ten cent store ordered five million copies of one song Afghanistan but reversed the deal after the song failed to catch on 3 In November 1919 Friedland returned to the publishing staff of Stern amp Company and was considered one of the foremost writers of that organization 10 Besides Gilbert Friedland also collaborated with Harold R Atteridge 12 and Edgar Allan Woolf He also gave Phil Regan his start as a singer 7 For most of his career he worked as a vaudeville performer and was a headliner in musical productions For two decades Friedland appeared in or produced lavish revues 1 2 9 One of these revues titled Musicland 1919 starred Friedland and a bevy of beautiful girls At the time it was considered the most costly production in theatrical history and included bizarre costumes scenic effects and thoughtful lyrics These elaborate productions earned him the nickname the Ziegfeld of Vaudeville 10 Friedland headlined on the B F Keith Circuit in Anatol s Affairs of 1924 9 During prohibition Friedland opened and operated a speakeasy known as Club Anatole 2 Friedland performed many of his songs at this club which was located on West 44th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in New York 1 5 Stanwyck Clarke and Dorothy Sheppard were hired to perform at the club Friedland became protective of the three women and gave them advice on how to navigate Broadway and Tin Pan Alley 9 In 1923 Friedland joined the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers 12 Selected works edit nbsp While You re away Cover Gilbert amp Friedland WWI songLyrics by L Wolfe Gilbert While You re Away Pack Up Your Cares in a Bundle of Joy 1918 Gilbert Friedland Music Publishers OCLC 8342758 13 While You re Away 1918 Gilbert Friedland Music Publishers OCLC 861077451 14 15 16 Singapore 1918 Gilbert amp Friedland Inc OCLC 42917058 17 After the Battle is Over Then You Can Come Back to Me 1918 Gilbert amp Friedland Inc OCLC 902638331 18 19 20 Are You From Heaven 1917 Gilbert amp Friedland OCLC 9657464 21 Camouflage 1917 with E E Watson J W Stern amp Co OCLC 80540979 22 23 Lily of the Valley A Nut Song 1917 J W Stern OCLC 20119545 24 Set Aside Your Tears Till the Boys Come Marching Home with Malvin Franklin 1917 Joseph W Stern amp Co OCLC 17799622 25 26 27 Shades in the Night 1916 J W Stern OCLC 20120678 28 My Own Iona with Henry Burr Manuel Romain and Carey Morgan 1916 Rex OCLC 62472671 29 My Sweet Adair with Domenico Savino 1915 Joseph W Stern OCLC 30124157 30 Lyrics by Edgar Allan Woolf You re So Cute Soldier Boy 1918 Gilbert amp Friedland OCLC 81692532 31 32 33 References edit a b c d e f g h i Index of Composers and Artists F The Big Band Database Plus Archived from the original on 2016 03 14 Retrieved 4 February 2016 a b c d e f g h i The Composers of Early American Popular Music The Parlor Songs Academy Retrieved 4 February 2016 a b c d e f Ewen David 1962 Popular American Composers from Revolutionary Times to the Present New York H W Wilson Co p 65 ISBN 9780824200404 Anatole Friedland passport application United States Department of State June 21 1922 Retrieved 2016 08 01 a b Notes A Global Report from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation 24 March 2011 Archived from the original on 25 February 2016 Retrieved 4 February 2016 Anatol Friedland Wrote Song Hits Author of My Little Persian Rose Lily of the Valley and Others Dies in Jersey Once Ran Nightclub Here Composed Music for Student Shows While at Columbia Appeared in Vaudeville Graduate of Columbia The New York Times July 25 1938 a b c Fessier Bruce 31 October 2015 Longtime desert journalist Gloria Greer dies The Desert Sun Palm Springs Retrieved 4 February 2016 Kilgallen Dorothy 18 December 1943 The 64 Questions Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved 5 February 2016 a b c d e Wilson Victoria 2013 A Life of Barbara Stanwyck Steel True 1907 1940 Simon amp Schuster ISBN 9780684831688 a b c Music Trades Vol 58 New York The Music Trades 1 November 1919 p 47 My little Persian rose Library of Congress National Jukebox Library of Congress Retrieved 5 February 2016 a b Anatol Friedland Media Bang Retrieved 5 February 2016 permanent dead link While you re away Pack up your cares in a bundle of joy OCLC WorldCat OCLC 8342758 Retrieved 5 February 2015 While you re away OCLC WorldCat OCLC 861077451 Retrieved 5 February 2016 While you re away Pritzker Military Museum amp Library Retrieved 5 February 2016 Vogel 1995 p 278 World War I Songs A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes with Over 300 Complete Lyrics McFarland amp Company Inc Singapore OCLC WorldCat OCLC 42917058 Retrieved 4 February 2016 Then you can come back to me OCLC WorldCat OCLC 902638331 Retrieved 5 February 2016 Vogel 1995 pp 147 286 World War I Songs A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes with Over 300 Complete Lyrics McFarland amp Company Inc Then you can come back to me Pritzker Military Museum amp Library Retrieved 5 February 2016 Are you from heaven OCLC WorldCat OCLC 9657464 Retrieved 4 February 2016 Camouflage OCLC WorldCat OCLC 80540979 Retrieved 5 February 2016 Vogel 1995 p 161 World War I Songs A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes with Over 300 Complete Lyrics McFarland amp Company Inc Lily of the valley OCLC WorldCat OCLC 20119545 Retrieved 4 February 2016 Set aside your tears till the boys come marching home OCLC WorldCat OCLC 17799622 Retrieved 5 February 2016 Vogel 1995 p 234 235 World War I Songs A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes with Over 300 Complete Lyrics McFarland amp Company Inc Set aside your tears till the boys come marching home Pritzker Military Museum amp Library Retrieved 5 February 2016 Shades of night OCLC WorldCat OCLC 20120678 Retrieved 4 February 2016 My own iona OCLC WorldCat OCLC 62472671 Retrieved 4 February 2016 My sweet Adair OCLC WorldCat OCLC 30124157 Retrieved 4 February 2016 You re so cute soldier boy OCLC WorldCat OCLC 81692532 Retrieved 5 February 2016 You re so cute soldier boy OCLC WorldCat Retrieved 5 February 2016 Vogel 1995 p 283 World War I Songs A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes with Over 300 Complete Lyrics McFarland amp Company Inc BibliographyWilson Victoria 2013 A Life of Barbara Stanwyck Steel True 1907 1940 Simon amp Schuster ISBN 9780684831688 Vogel Frederick G World War I Songs A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes with Over 300 Complete Lyrics Jefferson McFarland amp Company Inc 1995 ISBN 0 89950 952 5External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anatole Friedland Photo of Antaole Friedland at Victoria Wilson Books The Pittsburgh Press Anatole Friedland leaves his dear New York for Pittsburgh New York Clipper Review of Anatole Friedland s revue Anatole s Affair Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anatole Friedland amp oldid 1211729626, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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