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Come, Let Us Be Joyful! The Story of Hava Nagila
… Click Here for Slide Show This entry is part of an online exhibit entitled: … the link above. In 2000, author Fran Manushkin published a children’s book to illustrate the story of Hava Nagila. The … Judaism. In Manushkin’s narrative, she attributes the Hebrew lyrics of Hava Nagila to Cantor Moshe Nathanson. In …
Shirim Leyeladim (songs for children)
… Hebrew title: שירים לילדים Children's songs composed by Joel Walbe, and written by Hebrew poets: …
Yiddish Folk Songs from Galicia
… Table of Contents: Nos 1-25: Ballads and narrative songs 26-47: Love songs … wedding songs 69-73: Family songs 74-77: Lullabies 78-152: Children's rhymes 153-155: Conscripts' and soldiers' songs … Institute of Jewish Studies, Folklore Research Center, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem … Folklore Research Center …
Yizhak Edel
… Yitzhak Edel was born in Warsaw in 1896 to a Hassidic family. His … two years. In Moscow Edel witnessed the persecution of the Hebrew language by the communist regime, especially in the … on the Bible and on Hebrew poetry. Many of these songs are 'children's songs' set to the texts of Hebrew poets, …
Joseph Achron
… Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in … best marked by one of his earliest and most famous works, A Hebrew Melody (1911). In 1913 he moved to Russia to take a … Concerto for Piano solo, op. 74), piano compositions for children, more than twenty songs, choral works, etc. …
Nahum Nardi
… Nahum Nardi was born Nahum Narodietzky in 1901 to a religious-Zionist … folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In addition to giving concerts, he also worked … interview with the composer. Three hundred of these are children's songs, and eighty are set to Hayim Nachman …
David Zehavi
… David Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side … father hoped he would be a cantor. Zehavi studied in the Hebrew kindergarten in Jaffa and continued his studies at … Alkoni Prize for Hebrew Singing for: melodies for choir, children's songs, and folk songs. In his later years, he …
Nurit Hirsh
… Hundreds of Nurit Hirsh's songs are inalienable assets of the Hebrew Folk Song ('Zemer Ivri'). She composed more than one … and 'Imi Hageneralit.' One of her projects was the children's videocassette series, 'Dig Dig Dug,' which won …
Moshe Wilensky
… Moshe Wilensky was born in 1910 in Warsaw, Poland. During … attended the Jewish " Eskela " Gymnasium, which offered Hebrew instruction alongside general studies. Wilensky's … Amud Haesh" ("The Pillar of Fire") and "Dan and Saadia " (a children's film) and wrote for the Hebrew operetta " …
Nahum Heiman
… Natan Yonatan, Nahum Heiman's friend and writing partner says about his friend (in the … Heiman has won the right to become one of the priests of Hebrew music.' It is not for nothing that Natan Yonatan … groups and began writing music to cinema, TV shows and children's videocassettes. Heiman has a unique love affair …