A Critic Look at His generation

Following the foundation of the State of Israel in 1948 one can clearly detect a growing response to world-wide artistic expressions. The new modes of expression, the innovative techniques, the various elaborate media have all become part of Israeli music. And yet, despite these influences some of the composers have kept their idiosyncratic Israeli flavour. The above mentioned influences on Israeli composers in the Sixties and Seventies are discussed in this article.