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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 …
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
… Yankele Hershkowitz, a tailor by trade, was a popular street performer in the Lodz ghetto. He composed and performed satirical songs pertaining to major events and to figures of the … ghetto’s Elder (Judenälteste). Hershkowitz composed another popular song about Chaim Rumkowiski entitled, “Long live …