Josef (Yossele) Rosenblatt
(1882-1933)
Yossele Rosenblatt was born on May 2nd 1882 in Biela Tserkov, in the Ukraine. He came from a long line of Chazanim and his father was a cantor in Kiev. Yossele sang from a very early age. He became a member of his father's choir and was soon declared to be a 'wunderkind.' At 18 Yossele married and soon after accepted the position of Cantor at Muncaz in Hungary. This position he obtained against the competition of 40 other Chazanim. From there he went to Pressburg, where he officiated for five years and during this period, he began to publish his numerous synagogal compositions. He then stayed for six years in Hamburg and, according to his account, tried to run away to America. However he was 'overtaken on the steamer and brought back like a criminal.' When he eventually did arrive in the States in 1912, he was immediately engaged by the Congregation Ohab Zedek in New York and his fame soon grew. He recorded for various phonograph companies and this undoubtedly was influential in ensuring that his name spread all over the country. After appearing in a particularly successful concert in Chicago, Yossele was offered $1000 per night to sing in opera. However, so great was his love for Yiddishkeit, that he turned it down. In 1922 he was persuaded to enter into a business deal that left him bankrupt. This forced him to give up the pulpit and concentrate on concertising, in which there was the opportunity for him to make much larger sums of money, and so he made extensive tours, including coming to Europe. In 1927 Warner Brothers offered Rosenblatt $100,000 to co-star with Al Jolson in 'The Jazz Singer,' but they could not persuade him to sing Kol Nidrei. He felt that it was much too sacred to be used as entertainment. In 1928 he was engaged by the Anshei Sfard Congregation in Brooklyn and was paid $12,000 a year, the highest salary paid at that time to any Cantor. Rosenblatt was delighted to be offered the chance to film in the Holy Land by the Palestine-American Fox Film Co. Although he was earning a good salary, he was still paying off the debts of his bankruptcy and, when he arrived in Palestine, in 1933 , he was virtually penniless. Sadly, on June 19th 1933 he was stricken by a heart-attack at the age of only 51. His funeral service was conducted by Chief Rabbi Kook and attended by more than 20,000 people. Rosenblatt recorded about 180 compositions, most of which were his own.
Geoffrey Shisler
[78RPM]
A Pastekhl
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor 55228-A
1924
Aheym, Aheym
(
David Meyerowitz
-
Herman Wohl
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
HMV ES 322
1926
Aheym, Aheym
(
David Meyerowitz
-
Herman Wohl
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor 38-1016
-B
Aheym, Aheym
(
David Meyerowitz
-
Herman Wohl
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victrola 9011-B
1926
Aheym, Aheym
(
David Meyerowitz
-
Herman Wohl
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor V-59033
-B
Akheinu Kol Beit Yisroel
(Yossele Rosenblatt)
Jacob Bernard
Silver Chord 103
Akheinu Kol Beit Yisroel
(Yossele Rosenblatt)
Jacob Bernard
Stinson 7000
Akheinu Kol Beit Yisroel
(Yossele Rosenblatt)
Salomon Kupfer
Bellacord M 3439
Akheinu Kol Beit Yisroel
(Yossele Rosenblatt)
Salomon Kupfer
Hed Arzi 693
Akheinu Kol Beit Yisroel
(Yossele Rosenblatt)
Salomon Kupfer
Kalliope K.1395
1929
Akheinu Kol Beit Yisroel
(Yossele Rosenblatt)
Salomon Kupfer
Semer S.33
1929
Akheinu Kol Beit Yisroel
(Yossele Rosenblatt)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor
45204-A
1920
Ato Yozarto (
Yossele
Rosenblatt
)
Henry & Yossele Rosenblatt
Victr
ola
9443
1929
Die Nevieh
(
Anshel Schorr
- Aaron Perlmutter
& Herman Wohl)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Columbia
E2699
1915
Eili, Eili
(Jacob Koppel Sandler)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Columbia 4428
1916
Eili, Eili
(Jacob Koppel Sandler)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Columbia E5143
1916
Eili, Eili (
Jacob Koppel Sandler)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Victor 53-5147
1930
Eili, Eili (
Jacob Koppel Sandler)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor 25-5147
1930
Eili, Eili (
Jacob Koppel Sandler)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor 38-1008
-B
1930
Eili, Eili (
Jacob Koppel Sandler)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor V-59022
1930
Eili, Eili (
Jacob Koppel Sandler)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victrola 9792-B
1930
E
l D
o
r Bamorom
(
Yossele Rosenblatt
)
Herbert Slotnick & Yossele Rosenblatt
Victrola 9119-A
1927
Elegie
(Menachem Mendel Dolitzky
-
Jules Massenet)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Columbia 4428
1916
Elegie
(Menachem Mendel Dolitzky
-
Jules Massenet)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Columbia E5143
1916
Elegie
(Menachem Mendel Dolitzky
-
Jules Massenet)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor 45518-B
1925
El Mole Rachamim (fur 'Titanik')
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor 35312-B
1913
Hayom Haras Olom
(
Yossele
Rosenblatt
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victrola 4034-A
1928
Ich Bet' Dich, Du Grosser Starker Got
(
Abraham
G
oldfaden
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Odeon X40120
5
1909
Kol Nidrei
Yosse
le Rosenblatt
Victor 35312-A
1913
Lo Amut (
Jehoshua Feinsinger
- Yossele Rosenblatt
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Odeon Am 18002-A
1908
Lo Sachmod
(
Yossele
Rosenblatt
)
Henry & Yossele Rosenblatt
Victr
ola
4183
1929
Mein Heilig Land
(Avrom Goldfaden)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Odeon X401204
1909
Misratse Berakhamim
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victrola 9120-B
1927
My Yiddishe Momme
(Lou Pollack - Jack Yellen)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Gramophone 18-1236
8
1926
My Yiddishe Momme
(Lou Pollack - Jack Yellen)
Yossele Rosenblatt
HMV 18-12368
1926
My Yiddishe Momme
(Lou Pollack - Jack Yellen)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor 45518-
A
1926
Rachem (
Max S. Brown - Mana-
Zucca)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Columbia E5198
1919
Ribono Shel Olam (
Yossele Rosenblatt
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Victor 38-1009
1927
Shir Hamaalos (
Pinchas Minkowsky
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
HMV ES.504
1929
Shir Hamaalos (
Pinchas Minkowsky
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victrola 9299-A
1929
Shofar Shel Mashiach
(
Abraham
G
oldfaden
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor
45245-A
1924
Tikanto Shabbos (
Yossele Rosenblatt)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor 55142-B
1921
Uvnukho Yomar (
Yossele Rosenblatt
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
HMV ES.
472
1928
Uvnukho Yomar (
Yossele Rosenblatt
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor 9234
1928
V'kach Haya Omer (
B
a
ru
c
h
Schorr
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Columbia E5155
1916
Weaf Hu Hoyoh Mischaven
Yossele Rosenblatt
³
Gramophone 2-014001
Weaf Hu Hoyoh Mischaven
Yossele Rosenblatt
³
Victor 55163
-A
1921
Wehal Yadey Ov Horachmin (
Armin Freisinger
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Columbia E2818
1916
Yaale (
Yossele
Rosenblatt
& Herman Wohl
)
Yossele Rosenblatt & Reuben Kazimirsky
Columbia E5172
1917
Yaale (
Yossele
Rosenblatt
& Herman Wohl
)
Henry & Yossele Rosenblatt
Electrola E.J. 264
1927
Yaale (
Yossele
Rosenblatt
& Herman Wohl
)
Henry & Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Victor 25-5141
Yaale (
Yossele
Rosenblatt
& Herman Wohl
)
Henry & Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor V-59018-B
Yaale (
Yossele
Rosenblatt
& Herman Wohl
)
Henry & Yossele Rosenblatt
Victrola 9108-B
1927
Yohrzeit
(
Herman
B. Silbershtein - Rhea Silberta)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor 38-1016
-A
Yohrzeit
(
Herman
B. Silbershtein - Rhea Silberta)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victrola 9011-A
1926
Yohrzeit
(
Herman
B. Silbershtein - Rhea Silberta)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor V-59033
-A
Zelner Fun Tsien
(
Morris Rosenfeld - Ira Arnstein
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Columbia
E4030
1918
Z
og
Zh
e
,
Reben
y
u
(
Leo Zeitlin & Oscar Potoker
)
Samuel Malavsky & Yossele Rosenblatt
Victor 55291-A
1926
[
33
RPM]
A Pastekhl
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 142
1969
Aheym, Aheym
(
David Meyerowitz
-
Herman Wohl
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Camden CAL 597
1960
Aheym, Aheym
(
David Meyerowitz
-
Herman Wohl
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Read Seal ISR-006
Aheym, Aheym
(
David Meyerowitz
-
Herman Wohl
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 142
1969
Ato Yozarto (
Yossele
Rosenblatt
)
Henry & Yossele Rosenblatt
Collectors Guild CG 651
Ato Yozarto (
Yossele
Rosenblatt
)
Henry & Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 248
1973
Die Nevieh
(
Anshel Schorr
- Aaron Perlmutter
& Herman Wohl)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 76
1966
Eili, Eili
(Jacob Koppel Sandler)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 76
1966
Eili, Eili
(Jacob Koppel Sandler)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 192
1970
Elegie
(Menachem Mendel Dolitzky
-
Jules Massenet)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Camden CAL 597
1960
Elegie
(Menachem Mendel Dolitzky
-
Jules Massenet)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Read Seal ISR-006
Elegie
(Menachem Mendel Dolitzky
-
Jules Massenet)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Victrola VIC-1685
1972
Elegie
(Menachem Mendel Dolitzky
-
Jules Massenet)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 76
1966
Elegie
(Menachem Mendel Dolitzky
-
Jules Massenet)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 192
1970
Lo Amut (
Jehoshua Feinsinger
- Yossele Rosenblatt
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Collectors Guild CG 595
Lo Amut (
Jehoshua Feinsinger
- Yossele Rosenblatt
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 202
1970
Lo Sachmod
(
Yossele
Rosenblatt
)
Henry & Yossele Rosenblatt
Collectors Guild CG 651
1960
Misratse Berakhamim
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Red Seal LM 2903
1966
Misratse Berakhamim
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Red Seal VCM 6173-1
1966
Misratse Berakhamim
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 44
1964
Misratse Berakhamim
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 44
1964
My Yiddishe Momme
(Lou Pollack - Jack Yellen)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Camden CAL 597
1960
My Yiddishe Momme
(Lou Pollack - Jack Yellen)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Read Seal ISR-006
My Yiddishe Momme
(Lou Pollack - Jack Yellen)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 142
1969
Rachem (
Max S. Brown - Mana-
Zucca)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Shirim S-100
Rachem (
Max S. Brown - Mana-
Zucca)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 76
1966
Shir Hamaalos (
Pinchas Minkowsky
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Camden CAL 597
1960
Shir Hamaalos (
Pinchas Minkowsky
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 192
1970
Shlof In Ziser Ru (
Solomon Golub
-
Yossele Rosenblatt
)
Gittele & Goldele Malavsky
Hed-Arzi AN
61
-
8
8
1956
Shlof In Ziser Ru (
Solomon Golub
-
Yossele Rosenblatt
)
Gittele & Goldele Malavsky
Tikva LPT-30
Uvnukho Yomar (
Yossele Rosenblatt
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Collectors Guild CG 651
Uvnukho Yomar (
Yossele Rosenblatt
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Red Seal TD-1004
Uvnukho Yomar (
Yossele Rosenblatt
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Camden CAL 507
1959
V'kach Haya Omer (
B
a
ru
c
h
Schorr
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
C
ollectors Guild CG 609
1961
V'kach Haya Omer (
B
a
ru
c
h
Schorr
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Shirim S-1004
V'kach Haya Omer (
B
a
ru
c
h
Schorr
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 78
1966
Weaf Hu Hoyoh Mischaven
Yossele Rosenblatt
³
RCA Camden CAL 453
1958
Weaf Hu Hoyoh Mischaven
Yossele Rosenblatt
³
Shirim S-1001
Wehal Yadey Ov Horachmin (
Armin Freisinger
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Shirim S-1001
Wehal Yadey Ov Horachmin (
Armin Freisinger
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 204
Yaale (
Yossele
Rosenblatt
& Herman Wohl
)
Yossele Rosenblatt & Reuben Kazimirsky
Shirim S-1001
Yaale (
Yossele
Rosenblatt
& Herman Wohl
)
Yossele Rosenblatt & Reuben Kazimirsky
The Greater Recording GRC 204
Yaale (
Yossele
Rosenblatt
& Herman Wohl
)
Henry & Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Victor Red Seal LM 2903
1966
Yaale (
Yossele
Rosenblatt
& Herman Wohl
)
Henry & Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Victor Red Seal LM 2903
1966
Yohrzeit
(
Herman
B. Silbershtein - Rhea Silberta)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Camden CAL 597
1960
Yohrzeit
(
Herman
B. Silbershtein - Rhea Silberta)
Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Read Seal ISR-006
Yohrzeit
(
Herman
B. Silbershtein - Rhea Silberta)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 142
1969
Yohrzeit
(
Herman
B. Silbershtein - Rhea Silberta)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 246
1973
Zelner Fun Tsien
(
Morris Rosenfeld - Ira Arnstein
)
Yossele Rosenblatt
The Greater Recording GRC 76
1966
Z
og
Zh
e
,
Reben
y
u
(
Leo Zeitlin & Oscar Potoker
)
Samuel Malavsky & Yossele Rosenblatt
RCA Camden CAL 597
1960
1 - potpourri from opera
Shulamith
2 -
also known as
Die Yidishe
H
ofnung
3 -
assisted by
Leivi Izhak Rosenblatt
and
Reuben Kazimirsky
Last update
21-06-2024