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Hanina Karaczewski
… as well as a 200-member choir for adults. Karaczewski's songs and arrangements were published posthumously in the collection Zelilei Hanina (1927). Several of his songs gained wide popularity, and are included in what is considered the …
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 … your mouth, God how beautiful you are”), which became very popular and remained on the lips of all who heard it. …
David Zehavi
… melodies all over the country and became one of the most popular composers of his time. He was the first composer … left …') is often quoted as the title. He composed some 400 songs altogether; 250 of them appeared in print. Many of his songs are considered to be among the best in Hebrew song …
Hans Krása
… WWII was small but well received. In 1926, he composed Five Songs for Voice and Piano and then six years later in 1932, … for performance in Terezín. The opera was overwhelmingly popular and was performed over 50 times during the years … Passacaglia and Fugue , and a vocal piece entitled Three Songs (1943). Krása was deported to Auschwitz in 1944, and …
Rafael Schächter
… he arranged Czech, Slovak, Hebrew and even Russian folk songs for Schächter's expanding choral group (an invaluable … specializing in Jewish liturgical music, Yiddish folk songs, and new Palestinian music. In addition to organizing … Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute . Schächter was a popular piano accompanist in Terezín; he performed in many …
Mordekhai Zeira
… who could sing a Hassidic Niggun and sing Russian Zionist songs,' [1] as explained by Zeira when asked about the … Ashman, Natan Alterman, and others. He also wrote several songs with Alexander Pen, the most famous of which is Al … society. A large part of these have become a loved asset, popular, and even 'taken for granted,' so much so, that we …
Yosef Hadar
… the summer of 2006. Works: Most of the well known children songs of the sixties were recorded by Hadar with the help of … the 'duo composer.' He composed for many duo's that became popular in the fifties and sixties. Among the duo's that … established folk songs and constitute the core of the popular Israeli music genre. … Yosef Hadar was one of the …
Karel Reiner
… works for orchestra, chorus, and piano, chamber music, and songs. He also composed incidental music for the avant-garde … the Bagpiper , by Josef Kajetán Tyl. Perhaps the most popular production with Reiner’s incidental music was the … postwar years, Reiner focused his attention on composing songs with socialist themes such as: The Rocket with a Red …
Hirsch Glik
… creating a feeling of communal strength. Among many other songs glorifying the bravery of the partisans, Glik composed the popular song ‘Zog nit keynol as du geyst dem letstn veg’ … news of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. The song was based on a popular Soviet melody by composer Dimitri Pokrass. This …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… prison term. At the age of 15 he began publishing original songs and poetry, including Tates, mames, kinderlekh … – the majority of those still known. Despite the enduring popularity of many of his own works, and the importance of … composed songs during the war, many of which became popular, including Friling ('Springtime'), about his …