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Josef Tal (Gruenthal)
… about 100 of his pieces have been published by the Israel Music Institute. He was the most distinctive among … in Germany, no less than in his own country. Tal was a 1971 Israel Prize laureate and a 1983 recipient of the prestigious Wolf Prize—the only Israeli composer who has won this prize. He also served as …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… a period of one to four years. He held positions at Tiferet Israel, The Nachlat Tzi Synaogue on East 109 St., the …
Efraim Di-Zahav (Goldstein)
… was R. Abraham Moshe Goldstein, a cantor who immigrated to Israel from Odessa, and who was a pupil of the renowned … Ezra School in Jerusalem. Efraim Di-Zahav is known to the Israeli public through the piyut, 'Eliahu ha Navi (Elijah the Prophet),' which was played on Kol Israel Radio every Shabbat. On December 22, 1941, Di-Zahav …
Mordekhai Hershman
… of the “well-known cantor Mordecai Hershman to the Land of Israel.” The size of the title equals the one announcing of … to Hershman’s amazing voice at the National Library of Israel … Mordechai , noted cantor; b. Chernikhov (Ukraine) 1888; d. Israel [sic], January 20, 1941 Defying his father, who …
Israel Meyer Japhet
… Israel Meyer Japhet was born in Kassel , Germany . In 1853 … for Shabbat and the festivals. … Composer & teacher … Israel Meyer Japhet …
Hanina Karaczewski
… in what is considered the corpus of early Palestinian-Israel folk songs: Ha’yarah be-keshet; El rosh ha-har; and …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… admirer of Asher Mizrahi, helped him to escape from Eretz Israel on a cargo boat exporting oranges to Malta . The … that had been built between Jews and Arabs living in Eretz Israel . Security officials suggested that Mizrahi stop … he received many threats which caused him to leave Eretz Israel and return to Tunisia . Mizrahi had a seamless …
David Abikzer
… from his mother to continue to sing. At age 17 he moved to Israel with his family, where he served in the Israeli army and got married. Five years later, he was … Yadei Rashim (embedded below), sung to an arrangement by Israeli composer Arieh Levanon that appears on Abikzer's …
Eitan Avitzur
… He has conducted all the important orchestras of Israel in concerts, recordings for the Israeli radio and television and for commercial records. He … orchestra in 1973, performing with it programs of mainly Israeli contemporary music. He was also the permanent …
David Zehavi
… David Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side immigrated to Israel from Romania in 1877 as part of the first Aliyah. … composers of his time. He was the first composer born in Israel, and as such he ranks among the founding fathers of …