… Although Goldfaden had no formal musical education, he arranged the majority of the music for his plays. Goldfaden’s corpus was very eclectic; he drew from a wide range of sources including synagogue melodies, Jewish … and Italian and French opera arias. Many of the songs arranged for his plays were originally folk songs, and gained …

… have influenced Israeli music since, bearing a whole range of reactions, from devout supporters to vehement …

… in 1973. Ančerl's discography is extensive, covering a wide range of composers, such as Mozart, Rachmaninov, Janacek, …

… works. His works, influenced by his teacher  Ben-Haim , range between light classical, based on folk tunes (early in …

… was admired for his tenor voice with unlimited falsetto range and his improvisatory vocal style. Although he only had a basic musical education, he composed many arrangements for liturgical music using melodies from Jewish …