Fred Solomon

Frederick Charles Solomon (31 August 1853 – 9 September 1924), sometimes given as Fred Solomon or Frederic Solomon, After studying music at the School of Military Music, he began his career playing the cornet and acting in Britain before emigrating to the United States in 1885. His father was a music hall pianist, conductor, arranger, and composer, As a young adult he performed in touring theatre productions in London and the surrounding provinces. and in 1883 he toured the British provinces in that opera.

Initial career in the United States: 1885–1894 Frederick Solomon (left) as Margrave of Bobrumkorff and James T. Powers (right) as Faragas in Nadjy. A studio photograph by Napoleon Sarony made to promote Powers and the 1888 production of Nadjy at the Casino Theatre. In 1885 Solomon emigrated to the United States. In 1895 Solomon's brother Edward died, and after this his career shifted increasingly away from acting into composing and conducting for the Broadway producers Klaw and Erlanger. He was also music director for the Klaw and Erlanger Broadway productions of The Wild Rose (1902), A Little Bit of Everything (1904, also contributing composer and lyricist), Lifting the Lid (1905), The White Cat (1905), Forty-five Minutes from Broadway (1906), and Oh! Oh! Delphine (1912). In 1920 he was music director for the national tour of The Rainbow Girl.

Solomon died on 9 September 1924, at the age of 71, in New York City.