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David Zehavi
… he also began composing. Slowly he began to publish his melodies all over the country and became one of the most … as such he ranks among the founding fathers of the Israeli folk song. In 1927, as a 15-year-old, he composed his first … Singing for: melodies for choir, children's songs, and folk songs. In his later years, he suffered from cancer and …
Dudu Barak
… Dudu Barak is a writer of Israeli folk songs. He was born in Jerusalem in 1948 and grew up in … encounter may be seen in Barak's use of 'Mediterranean' melodies. Some of his songs became idiomatic phrases. Two … and the excess spirit, if it exists, in me.' … "Israeli folk song" lyricist … Dudu Barak …
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
… songs. Published a collection of Eastern European Jewish folk melodies (1927). Two comprehensive biographies covering the …
Lazare Saminsky
… 1908 he became a founding member of the Society for Jewish Folk Music , working as its first secretary. During this … which he collected Biblical cantillations, prayer chants, melodies, and other sacred musical traditions of the … & co-founder of the St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music … Lazare Saminsky …
Gideon Klein
… was with Rafael Schachter for whose chorus Klein composed folk songs in Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since … by a number of varied styles and sources including Moravian folklore, traditional Hebrew melodies, and the work of composers Leos Janacek, Vitezslav …
Max Helfman
… which was modern and original and yet rooted in traditional folk and synagogue melodies. Among his best known works are his Shabbat Kodesh …
Mordekhai Zeira
… through his sister's playing. He was also exposed to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the synagogue. He … many songs that constitute an integral part of the Hebrew folksong . Many of their songs played a documentary role in … of time and have become national cultural assets. They are folksongs of the same kind as those of nations that did not …
Yosef Hadar
… he won an achievement award for his contribution to Israeli folk song as a composer and as a musical educator. The award was granted to him by the Center for Israeli Folk Music at Bar Ilan University division of culture, by … and has even entered the repertoire of liturgical prayer melodies. Many synagogues use the melody to sing the …
Ehud Manor
… was a member of the working youth movement and he danced folk dances. He was 15 when his father died. Along with the … in the Southern Command band, who wrote more complex melodies than Hirsch's. Manor told about the meeting with … the piano and started playing them. He played two or three melodies and I just suddenly felt that I had to write words …
Moshe Nathanson
… the field of Jewish music is his compilation of liturgical melodies, Zamru Lo (4 vols.), which is still widely used in … in a number of projects to promote Jewish and Palestinian folk music. For example, Nathanson was the one of the main … of Jewish Education to teach 'Shirei Eretz Israel' (Israeli folk songs) to Jewish Day Schools and after-school teachers, …