Abe Elenkrig

Abraham "Abe" Elenkrig (Yiddish: אברהם עלענקריג, September 15, 1878  – January 8, 1965) was a Russian-Jewish American klezmer bandleader, Cornet player, barber and recording artist of the early twentieth century.

[1] During that era Anton Heindl was in charge of Columbia's "foreign department", often recording abroad, although occasionally with artists such as Elenkrig in the New York area.

[2] With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Heindl was forced to turn almost exclusively to talent living in the United States.

He moved to Victor Records in 1915 and teamed up with Meyer Kanewsky, a Cantor, singer and conductor who was also from Zolotonasha.

[7] Although his recording career was short, renewed attention was given to Elenkrig's output in the late 1970s during the Klezmer revival.