… Academy of Music with Leo Keppler, and immigrated to Israel with his wife Sonia in 1961, settling in Tel Aviv. … piece,  March and Chorale , the Engel Prize (1970), and the Israeli Prime Minister Prize for composers (1984). Natra's … (1969), Prayer (1970) and Divertimento (1976). Natra's early works show the influence of Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and …

… sung at the Passover seder in some of its contemporary Israeli versions. Written in Aramaic, H ad Gadya appears at … gallery of modern Jewish and non-Jewish scholars since the early nineteenth-century, starting with Leopold Zunz. … prior to its earliest appearance in print, perhaps as early as the fifteenth century. Detail from Yiddish …

… , a young American PhD student in ethnomusicology, came to Israel to study the music of first-generation Jewish … Iraqi music. Most of these musicians moved to Israel in the early 1950s, part of the Jewish exodus from Arab lands, … citizens among its cadre of regular musicians. This was clearly part of the IBA’s cultural policy following Israel’s …

… Among these paraliturgical practices, the repertoire of the early morning winter vigils called bakkashot received … as in the public projection of Moroccan Jewish music in Israel and international festivals. The performance of the liturgy, that daily, weekly and yearly spiritual diet that is the duty of any observant adult …

… was born in 1952 in Marrakesh, Morocco, and immigrated to Israel with his family at age ten. His father came from a … proficient as a self-taught musician. Upon arriving in Israel at age ten, Sabah began to integrate into Israeli … a B.A., focusing extensively on flamenco music. In the early 1980s, Sabah performed as a violinist with the payytan …

… A Malayalam Zionist song celebrating the declaration of Israeli independence on the fifth day of the Hebrew month of … composed by R. Sudarsanam. It was performed during yearly Independence Day celebrations in Chendamangalam in the early 1950s. The first verse is repeated as a chorus. Text …

… Hashomer Hatzair , where he was first introduced to Israeli songs. Within the movement was a choir led by the … in composition and conducting and, at 22, immigrated to Israel with his family, settling in Tel Aviv. From 1936 to … that "Wilensky is the enduring composer of the land… His early songs and hymns are embedded in Hebrew culture and are …

… In the early 1960’s, Jo Amar was a Mizrahi music star. He combined … Amar was a leader of the emerging Mizrahi music scene in Israel, however during the early years of his career authentic Mizrahi music was …

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