Boris Thomashefsky

Boris Thomashefsky

Boris Thomashefsky (Russian: Борис Пинхасович Томашевский, sometimes written Thomashevsky, Thomaschevsky, etc.; Yiddish: באָריס טאָמאשעבסקי) (1868–July 9, 1939), born Boruch-Aharon Thomashefsky, was a Ukrainian-born (later American) Jewish singer and actor who became one of the biggest stars in Yiddish theater.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 12, 1868 (Ositniazhka), Died July 9, 1939 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1912 - 1921

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-12919	10-in.	2/18/1913	Die Yidishe kroin	Kalman Juvelier	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-12926	10-in.	2/18/1913	Dus lebedige Yisoimele	Kalman Juvelier	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-12927	10-in.	2/18/1913	Schuldig bist du, Yidele alein	Kalman Juvelier	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15988	10-in.	5/4/1915	Dem pastechels cholem	Jakov M. Medvedieff	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-17402	10-in.	3/30/1916	Leben sol Columbus!	Abraham Rosenstein	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-17860	10-in.	6/15/1916	Gebet for der Chypy	Regina Zuckerberg	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-19073	10-in.	2/13/1917	A gruss fun der heim	Nahen Rosenshak [i.e., Naum Coster]	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-20951	10-in.	11/7/1917	Moshiach is gekumen	Abraham Rosenstein	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-21119	10-in.	11/27/1917	Der yusim'l	William Schwartz	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22478	10-in.	12/23/1918	Serenade	William Schwartz	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22531	10-in.	1/20/1919	Up town and down town	Anna Hoffman ; Jacob Jacobs	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22594	10-in.	2/20/1919	Sh'ma Yisroel	William Schwartz	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	19795	10-in.	3/7/1912	Die neshome fin mein folk	Simon Paskal	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	38207	10-in.	8/16/1912	Beht tates mames auf kinder	Bella Nevarra	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	38208	10-in.	8/16/1912	Dus lebedige yisoimele	Bella Nevarra	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	39233	10-in.	2/11/1914	Dem pastechel's cholem	Meyer Kanewsky	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	39414	10-in.	5/25/1914	In honig land	Sam Silverbush	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	36506	12-in.	12/19/1912	Die Jidishe kroin	Kalman Juvelier	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	36508	12-in.	December 17 or 18, 1912	Dos lebedige yesoimele	Kalman Juvelier ; Arnold Perlmutter	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	36509	12-in.	December 17 or 18, 1912	Shuldig bist du Yidele alein	Kalman Juvelier	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	43782	10-in.	approximately 1916	Leben sol Columbus	Shir Hashirim	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	44353	10-in.	approximately July 1916	Lebn zol Kolumbus (לעבען זאָל קאָלומבוס)	Kalman Juvelier	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	85819	10-in.	approximately January 1920	Shma Yisroeyl (שמע ישראל)	William Schwartz	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	87578	10-in.	approximately June 1921	Kadish (קדיש)	Joseph Feldman ; Morris Goldstein	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Thomashefsky, Boris," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116595.

Thomashefsky, Boris. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116595.

"Thomashefsky, Boris." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 2024.

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