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Marc Lavry
… for the broadcasts. Lavry was also a prolific composer of Israeli art music, with a large corpus of oratorios, chamber and orchestral works, popular songs, and theater music. Perhaps his most well known piece, … which typified the emerging Mediterranean style of early Israeli folk and art musicians, was his symphonic poem Emek …
Nahum Nardi
… classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In addition to … the play Megilat Esther , which was performed at the Erets-Yisraeli Theater [4] of Gnessin , in 1928, and Bamitbakh by … and other documents, and handed it to the Archive of Israeli Music at Tel Aviv University. In September 2005, the …
Mattityahu Shelem
… Ramat-Yohanan. Shelem worked as a shepherd, and his early songs include shepherd songs and songs for kibbutz … Grove Music Online . Oxford Music Online . … Israeli composer … Folksongs … Song … Zemer Ivri, Zemer Iveri … Composer … Hebrew … Folksong … Israeli … Folk … Songs … Zemer … Ivri … Kibbutzim … Kibbutz …
Efraim Di-Zahav (Goldstein)
… Ezra School in Jerusalem. Efraim Di-Zahav is known to the Israeli public through the piyut, 'Eliahu ha Navi (Elijah … (still known by the name Goldstein at the time) sang the song 'Tzana Tzana' (words by Yehiel Hagiz, music by Issachar …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… children. In Tunisia he taught piyyutim and Jerusalemite songs to the locals. He also composed and exported to Jerusalem many songs about his yearning for Zion , which were … was a great admirer of Asher Mizrahi. In an interview on Israeli television for the movie series “Mikratago …
David Abikzer
… he moved to Israel with his family, where he served in the Israeli army and got married. Five years later, he was … During his career, he recorded over 60 albums of Sephardic songs and liturgical repertoire in Hebrew, Ladino, and … Yadei Rashim (embedded below), sung to an arrangement by Israeli composer Arieh Levanon that appears on Abikzer's …
David Zehavi
… David Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side … and as such he ranks among the founding fathers of the Israeli folk song. In 1927, as a 15-year-old, he composed his first …
Dudu Barak
… Dudu Barak is a writer of Israeli folk songs. He was born in Jerusalem in 1948 and grew up in … my soul and the excess spirit, if it exists, in me.' … "Israeli folk song" lyricist … Dudu Barak …
Naomi Shemer
… was a prolific singer and composer who built a unified Israeli cultural consciousness through her beautiful … Jerusalem of Gold ,” subsequently considered the best-loved Israeli song of all time. In 1983, she was awarded the Israel Prize, …
Sasha Argov
… his main source of income. In all, Argov composed 1,200 songs for the Israeli military and civilian entertainment troupes … Kaitz (Summer Celebration) (a musical). Talila Eliram … Israeli composer … Sasha Argov …