Anatole Friedland

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", "Are You From Heaven?" (1917), and "My Own Iona" (1916).

Personal life Friedland was born on March 21, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Some sources claim his year of birth is 1881, He used March 21, 1884 on his June 21, 1922 passport application.

Friedland's early education came from private schools in St. Petersburg. He attended the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in New York City, where he studied architecture. 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. He was Jewish.

His widow was Rosalind "Rollie" Friedland, (nee Schiff) later known as Rollie Landers.

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

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.

Selected works

Lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert While You're Away (Pack Up Your Cares in a Bundle of Joy). (1918). Gilbert Friedland Music Publishers. While You're Away. (1918). Gilbert Friedland Music Publishers. Singapore. (1918). Gilbert & Friedland, Inc. (After the Battle is Over) Then You Can Come Back to Me. (1918). Gilbert & Friedland, Inc. Are You From Heaven?. (1917). Gilbert & Friedland. Camouflage. (1917). with E.E. Watson. J.W. Stern & Co.. Lily of the Valley, A "Nut" Song. (1917). J.W. Stern. Set Aside Your Tears (Till the Boys Come Marching Home). with Malvin Franklin. (1917). Joseph W. Stern & Co. Shades in the Night. (1916). J.W. Stern. My Own Iona. with Henry Burr, Manuel Romain, and Carey Morgan. (1916). Rex. My Sweet Adair. with Domenico Savino. (1915). Joseph W. Stern. Lyrics by Edgar Allan Woolf You're So Cute, Soldier Boy. (1918). Gilbert & Friedland.