Frederick Solomon

Frederick Charles Solomon (31 August 1853 – 9 September 1924), sometimes given as Fred Solomon or Frederic Solomon, was a British-born American composer, conductor, actor, librettist, playwright, theatre director, and multi-instrumentalist. 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.

For more than three decades, he had a prolific career on Broadway and in American regional theatres in musicals and light operas. His assignments varied from acting on stage (often in Lillian Russell's company and later at the Casino Theatre), initially in several of the comic operas of his brother, Edward Solomon; writing music and/or lyrics and dialogue; conducting pit orchestras; and staging productions. For Broadway producers Klaw and Erlanger, he created several musicals that were adapted from fairytales and/or were adaptations of British pantomimes and served as music director for others.