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Michael Lukin
… Music and Dance and obtained the MA in Jewish Music at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In his PhD dissertation, entitled “The Yiddish Folk Song: Poetics and Music” and completed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he provides a frame of …
Yizhak Edel
… a violin. He taught himself to play, practicing by playing songs he sang at his grandfather's gatherings. The writer Y. … two years. In Moscow Edel witnessed the persecution of the Hebrew language by the communist regime, especially in the … First, he had tried to gather songs by Jewish musicians and Hebrew poets. Since the quantity did not suffice him, he …
Ya'akov Orland
… in Chisinau. While there, Orland attended the Magen David Hebrew Gymnasium. During the same period, Natan Alterman … Tahkemoni , and from 1929 to 1932, he attended the Rehavia Hebrew Gymnasium. Orland wrote his first song, "We Sing to You, Homeland and Mother, " in 1930. This …
Gil Aldema
… 1947, while serving in the Palmach, he composed his first song to the words of Haim Hefer ('The Height of Fun'). … station, and in 2004 he received the Israel Prize for Hebrew folksong. Aldema has composed and written choir arrangements of numerous Hebrew folksongs, which have been widely used by many choirs …
Joseph Achron
… best marked by one of his earliest and most famous works, A Hebrew Melody (1911). In 1913 he moved to Russia to take a … was a local merchant and a maskil, an expert on classical Hebrew and a baal-kore in the synagogue who also taught … Concerto, op. 60, the Dance of Salome, op. 62, and the song Po En-Harod. From 1925 on, Achron lived in the USA , …
Nahum Nardi
… classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In addition to giving concerts, he also worked … project in 2009. The project included performances of Hebrew folk songs with arabic/ oriental origin, in …
Sholom Secunda
… sing the lead of 'Home Sweet Home.' Sholom's setting of the Song 'Home Sweet Home' was preferred to that of Rumshinky's, and was the star song of the box office hit. Sholom's success with 'Home … clear that the next step was to win acceptance to the Hebrew Actors Union. It was a policy of the Union to send …
Yehuda Sharett (Shertok)
… musical elements. Also known for composing poems of various Hebrew poets. … Isareli Composer & violinist … Song … Composer … Hebrew … Songs … Yehuda Sharett (Shertok) …
Mattityahu Shelem
… Ramat-Yohanan. Shelem worked as a shepherd, and his early songs include shepherd songs and songs for kibbutz … of the secular Kibbutz movement. Shelem also composed many Hebrew folk songs. Sources: Bayer, Bathja. 'Shelem … composer … Song … Zemer Ivri, Zemer Iveri … Composer … Hebrew … Folksong … Israeli … Folk … Songs … Zemer … Ivri … …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… was exposed to the tradition of Hassidic melodies and Hebrew zemirot through his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser … for the Synagogue, he also composed many secular songs for voice and piano, incidental music, two collections …