Education
He graduated from the Law school of Kiev University and practiced law in Kiev.
He graduated from the Law school of Kiev University and practiced law in Kiev.
He did not take seriously his musical work and never recorded those songs, relying on his memory. In 1890 Warshawsky met with Sholem Aleichem. After listening to his songs, Sholem Aleichem wrote "I simply hugged him and kissed him!" And then,
Later, by Aleichem"s full cooperation, Warshavsky published his first collection "Yiddishe Volkslider" ("Jewish People"s songs" Kiev 1900) with a heartily foreword from the great classic.
That book was republished not only in Russia, but abroad as well.
The songs described the everyday life of Jews in the Russian Empire. Together Sholem Aleichem and Warshawsky started to tour around Russia performing their own repertoire.
They also had plans to travel to the United States, however those plans were left unfulfilled as Warshawsky suddenly became ill and died on November 26. The second edition of the Warshawsky"s songs was published in Odessa in 1914, with the following exclusively abroad: New York (1948) and Buenos-Aires (1958).
According to Prilutsky, Warshawsky spoke in the authentic dialect spoken in Volyn.