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Yizhak Edel
… a violin. He taught himself to play, practicing by playing songs he sang at his grandfather's gatherings. The writer Y. … became acquainted with the works of the Society for Jewish folk Music which were based mainly in St. Petersburg . These … from Eastern Europe, although he combined it with the Eretz-Israeli music he found in Palestine , which was connected to …
Marc Lavry
… 1935. Between 1941 and 1947 Lavry conducted the Palestine Folk Opera and Palestine Orchestra. In 1950 Lavry was … for the broadcasts. Lavry was also a prolific composer of Israeli art music, with a large corpus of oratorios, chamber and orchestral works, popular songs, and theater music. Perhaps his most well known piece, …
Nahum Nardi
… performing, combining his classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In addition to … the play Megilat Esther , which was performed at the Erets-Yisraeli Theater [4] of Gnessin , in 1928, and Bamitbakh by …
Mattityahu Shelem
… Ramat-Yohanan. Shelem worked as a shepherd, and his early songs include shepherd songs and songs for kibbutz … secular Kibbutz movement. Shelem also composed many Hebrew folk songs. Sources: Bayer, Bathja. 'Shelem (Weiner), … Grove Music Online . Oxford Music Online . … Israeli composer … Composers … Folksongs … Song … Zemer …
David Zehavi
… David Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side … as such he ranks among the founding fathers of the Israeli folk song. In 1927, as a 15-year-old, he composed his first … left …') is often quoted as the title. He composed some 400 songs altogether; 250 of them appeared in print. Many of his …
Dudu Barak
… Dudu Barak is a writer of Israeli folk songs. He was born in Jerusalem in 1948 and grew up in …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in Petakh Tikva, to … of the colony. At an early age, he was influenced by the songs of composer Matitiyahu Shelem of Kibbutz … Zamir served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. There he created groups of singers and …
Mordekhai Zeira
… who could sing a Hassidic Niggun and sing Russian Zionist songs,' [1] as explained by Zeira when asked about the … many songs that constitute an integral part of the Hebrew folksong . Many of their songs played a documentary role in … than that is the number of songs that became rooted in Israeli society. A large part of these have become a loved …
Yosef Hadar
… mother Yafa and his father Yehiel were both members of the Israeli Opera under Golinkin, and of the Tel Aviv Choir … he won an achievement award for his contribution to Israeli folk song as a composer and as a musical educator. The award … the summer of 2006. Works: Most of the well known children songs of the sixties were recorded by Hadar with the help of …
Nahum Heiman
… 'The name Nahche sings in the ears of thousands of Israeli singing fans. The Israeli folk song (Zemer Ivri) is the soul of our life in this … first and second temple.' Nahum Heiman composed hundreds of songs. Many of them became part of the Israeli Folk Song …