Sholem Aleichem
Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (Russian: Соломон Наумович Рабинович; March 2 [O.S. February 18] 1859 – May 13, 1916), better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a Yiddish author and playwright who lived in the Russian Empire and in the United States. The 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on Aleichem's stories about Tevye the Dairyman, was the first commercially successful English-language stage production about Jewish life in Eastern Europe. The Hebrew phrase שלום עליכם (shalom aleichem) literally means "[May] peace [be] upon you!", and is a greeting in traditional Hebrew and Yiddish. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Pereiaslav (city of Ukraine), Died May 13, 1916 (New York City (most populous city in the United States) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1910 - 1925
Roles Represented in DAHR: author, speaker
Notes: Pen name of Solomon Rabinowitz
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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 | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-16973 | 10-in. | 1/6/1916 | Schlof main kind | Jakov M. Medvedieff | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-20182 | 10-in. | 6/28/1917 | Shlof main kind | Nahen Rosenshak [i.e., Naum Coster] | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-28939 | 10-in. | 11/13/1923 | Nachis fun kinder, part 1 | Rubin Goldberg | Recitation, with piano | author | |
| Victor | B-28940 | 10-in. | 11/13/1923 | Nachis fun kinder, part 2 | Rubin Goldberg | Recitation, with piano | author | |
| Victor | B-29718 | 10-in. | 3/19/1924 | Naches fun kinder | Rubin Goldberg | Recitation, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | B-29719 | 10-in. | 3/19/1924 | Naches fun kinder | Rubin Goldberg | Recitation, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | B-32252 | 10-in. | 3/25/1925 | Purim zu der seda | Le'on Blanḳ | Monologue, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | [Trial 1915-09-07-04] | 10-in. | 9/7/1915 | If I were Rothschild | Sholem Aleichem | Recitation | speaker | |
| Gramophone | 14355b | 10-in. | February 1910 | Wenn ich bin Rotschild | Seljaso | Recitation | author |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sholem Aleichem," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102283.
Sholem Aleichem. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102283.
"Sholem Aleichem." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79011119
Wikidata: Sholem Aleichem - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q238090
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/19675893
MusicBrainz: Sholem Aleichem - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c8ce1df3-0ac9-4464-bd4b-6c18c1321e96
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/30671 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/30671
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