Joseph Rumshinsky

Joseph Rumshinsky

Joseph Rumshinsky (1881–1956) was a Jewish composer born near Vilna, Lithuania (then part of Russian Poland). Along with Sholom Secunda, Alexander Olshanetsky and Abraham Ellstein, he is considered one of the "big four" composers and conductors of American Yiddish theater.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1881 (Vilnius), Died 1956 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1908 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, director, leader, arranger, lyricist, conductor, songwriter

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 218 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-6636	10-in.	12/2/1908	Der ounig Schabes	Solomon Small	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-6639	10-in.	12/2/1908	A Nasch	Solomon Smulewitz	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-9081	12-in.	6/13/1910	Gute nacht un die tnoyim	Lizzie Einhorn Abramson	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-9086	12-in.	6/14/1910	A brievele der bale	Frances Simonoff	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-9088	10-in.	6/14/1910	Wejiten l'cho	Frances Simonoff	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-9134	12-in.	6/24/1910	Das Yiddisches kind	Solomon Small	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-13320	10-in.	5/19/1913	Elegy on the Triangle fire victims	Simon Paskal	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-15985	10-in.	5/4/1915	Tzurik kein Zion	Jakov M. Medvedieff	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-15986	10-in.	5/4/1915	Weh dem kind, wen a mame fehlt	Jakov M. Medvedieff	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-17137	10-in.	2/11/1916	Du bist a tate zi alle gleich	Jacob Jimmalmon ; Abraham Rosenstein	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-17401	10-in.	3/30/1916	Tate mame thyereh	Bella Finkle ; Abraham Rosenstein	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-17872	10-in.	6/16/1916	Shir hashirim gavote	Regina Zuckerberg	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-17924	10-in.	6/23/1916	Tzurik kein Zion	Samuel Rosenstein	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-17925	10-in.	6/23/1916	Damen	Samuel Rosenstein	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-17953	10-in.	7/6/1916	Ladies first	Gus Goldstein ; Anna Hoffman	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-18681	10-in.	11/16/1916	A veibel, a teibel	Gus Goldstein ; Anna Hoffman	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-19073	10-in.	2/13/1917	A gruss fun der heim	Nahen Rosenshak [i.e., Naum Coster]	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20106	10-in.	6/12/1917	Fifty-fifty	Jacob Jacobs	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20940	10-in.	11/1/1917	Gam se l' toiwo	Jacob Jacobs	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20941	10-in.	11/1/1917	Men shokelt sich	Jacob Jacobs	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20951	10-in.	11/7/1917	Moshiach is gekumen	Abraham Rosenstein	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-21119	10-in.	11/27/1917	Der yusim'l	William Schwartz	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-21127	10-in.	11/30/1917	Gimpel bainish	Anna Hoffman ; Jacob Jacobs	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-21333	10-in.	1/3/1918	Sise hufnung	Rose Greenfield ; William Schwartz	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-21472	10-in.	2/26/1918	Tzurik kein Zion	Victor Military Band	Band	composer

(Results 1-25 of 218 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Rumshinsky, Joseph," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111716.

Rumshinsky, Joseph. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111716.

"Rumshinsky, Joseph." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.

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