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Lazar Weiner
… Jewish Music click here … Composer of Yiddish and Hebrew art songs … Composers … Song … 0 … Composer … Hebrew … Yiddish … Art … Songs … Lazar Weiner …
David Zehavi
… father's side immigrated to Israel from Romania in 1877 as part of the first Aliyah. They came to Tiberias and later … he would be a cantor. Zehavi studied in the Hebrew kindergarten in Jaffa and continued his studies at the Tachkemoni … he ranks among the founding fathers of the Israeli folk song. In 1927, as a 15-year-old, he composed his first …
Dudu Barak
… Dudu Barak is a writer of Israeli folk songs. He was born in Jerusalem in 1948 and grew up in Rehavia Neighborhood. As a child, he took part in the 'Pinat Hayeled,' choir, which sang on the radio. … appear as well in Baraks' song.' Barak's school was not part of the Rehavia neighborhood. He was sent to this school …
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
… works and musical settings for Hebrew and Yiddish songs. Published a collection of Eastern European Jewish … can be heard here . … Cantor & composer … 0 … American art music … Aleppo … Al Adamot Moreshet … Abraham Moshe …
Naomi Shemer
… in her childhood, and her career began in the cultural department of the Nahal military youth organization. After her … of Gold ,” subsequently considered the best-loved Israeli song of all time. In 1983, she was awarded the Israel Prize, … library of Israel (Hebrew). … Israeli Composer and songwriter … Composers … Songs … 0 … Composer … Israeli … …
Joseph Shlisky
… promised Shlisky’s parents to train their boy in liturgical song and take him on tour to London, England. Instead, the … synagogues flourished, and hazzanut began to prosper as an art. Like elsewhere in North America, Toronto synagogues … offered only that upon his arrival in Toronto, he was part of the choir at Goel Tzedec Synagogue, suggesting that …
David Beyglman
… were deported to the Lodz ghetto in the northern Baluty quarter of the city. The ghetto was officially sealed on April … conditions of life in the Lodz Ghetto. The Yiddish singer-songwriter took the place of the badhan (wedding …
Gideon Klein
… of twelve, Klein moved to Prague to study music and liberal arts at the Jirasek Gymnasium. While in Prague, he … of Jewish colleagues and friends. Klein’s commitment to the arts continued even after his deportation to Theresienstadt. … with Rafael Schachter for whose chorus Klein composed folk songs in Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since procuring …
Hans Krása
… to perform the piece. Again in 1913, Hans’ string quartet was performed by members of a spa orchestra in the … WWII was small but well received. In 1926, he composed Five Songs for Voice and Piano and then six years later in 1932, … musicians, Krása often preferred to socialize and work in partnership with artists, writers and those involved in …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in Petakh Tikva, to parents … He was also the commander of the National Base for the Arts. Following his discharge from military service in 1950, … a band that prepared a Hebrew folksong for performance. Apart from these small bands, Zamir also established a main …