Abe Elenkrig at a family wedding c.1950
Abraham "Abe" Elenkrig (Yiddish: אברהם עלענקריג b. 1878 – d. 1965) was a Russian-born American klezmer bandleader, Cornet player, barber and recording artist of the early twentieth century. He was among the earliest bandleaders to record klezmer music in the United States, making a series of discs for Victor Recording Company and Columbia Records from 1913 to 1915. In 2009, the Library of Congress named his 1913 recording Fon der Choope (From the Wedding) to the National Recording Registry.