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David Zehavi
… as such he ranks among the founding fathers of the Israeli folk song. In 1927, as a 15-year-old, he composed his first … Singing for: melodies for choir, children's songs, and folk songs. In his later years, he suffered from cancer and …
Dudu Barak
… Dudu Barak is a writer of Israeli folk songs. He was born in Jerusalem in 1948 and grew up in … and the excess spirit, if it exists, in me.' … "Israeli folk song" lyricist … Dudu Barak …
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
… songs. Published a collection of Eastern European Jewish folk melodies (1927). Two comprehensive biographies covering …
Joseph Shlisky
… of Yiddish or Hebrew songs. While these may have been folk songs, Shlisky was also known to perform traditional …
Lazare Saminsky
… 1908 he became a founding member of the Society for Jewish Folk Music , working as its first secretary. During this … & co-founder of the St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music … Lazare Saminsky …
Leibele Waldman
… recordings of both liturgical pieces and Yiddish religious folksongs. … Cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Gideon Klein
… was with Rafael Schachter for whose chorus Klein composed folk songs in Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since … by a number of varied styles and sources including Moravian folklore, traditional Hebrew melodies, and the work of … The First Sin , for male voice choir, based on a Czech folk poem (1942), Fantasy and Fugue for String Quartet …
Max Helfman
… which was modern and original and yet rooted in traditional folk and synagogue melodies. Among his best known works are …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in Petakh Tikva, to … his and others' songs through singing classes and Hebrew folksong (Zemer Ivri) groups. These he established in … Israel. Each class contained a band that prepared a Hebrew folksong for performance. Apart from these small bands, …
Rafael Schächter
… he arranged Czech, Slovak, Hebrew and even Russian folk songs for Schächter's expanding choral group (an … a chorus specializing in Jewish liturgical music, Yiddish folk songs, and new Palestinian music. In addition to …