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The Beta Israel Liturgical Music in Israel Today: Between Tradition, Norm and Creativity
… World Congress Of Jewish Studies Jerusalem Session: Between Israeli and Jewish in Music 5.8.09 Chair: Yehoash Hirshberg … of large prayer houses in different parts of the country. More recently, a new trend, led by a new generation … by maintaining some old practices – such as traditional songs – while instituting new ones; in other words, by …
Avraham Soltes
… New York University in 1916, barely after mastering this country and its language. Avraham Soltes was well-designed … his life: Judica; the struggle in Palestine to forge an Israel; Music, in all shapes and forms. Even as a rabbinical … accomplishments as a guitar-playing singer of Italian love- songs, Ladino prayer- songs, American folksongs, Yiddish …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the … and the friendly relations between us and the Rebbe’s songs, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel (may God … down the melodies of the many ethnic groups living in the country (those that have not been published yet). A new …
Yizhak Edel
… a violin. He taught himself to play, practicing by playing songs he sang at his grandfather's gatherings. The writer Y. … and settled in Tel Aviv. During his first year of life in Israel, Edel became acquainted with important figures of … Edel’s works include vocal repertoire (cantatas and songs), and chamber and orchestral music. Many of Edel's …
Marc Lavry
… 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, … in Israel and made use of liturgical melodies, Israeli folk songs and Chasidic dance and musical idioms. Lavry is …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… admirer of Asher Mizrahi, helped him to escape from Eretz Israel on a cargo boat exporting oranges to Malta . The … children. In Tunisia he taught piyyutim and Jerusalemite songs to the locals. He also composed and exported to Jerusalem many songs about his yearning for Zion , which were …
David Zehavi
… David Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side … Slowly he began to publish his melodies all over the country and became one of the most popular composers of his … 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 … find common sayings and expressions of this period in his songs. The expression 'Yeled Tov Yerushalayim' appears in …
Emanuel Zamir
… of the colony. At an early age, he was influenced by the songs of composer Matitiyahu Shelem of Kibbutz … (the association of the sheep and goats breeders in Israel, Zamir got acquainted with sheep breeding, a theme … he perceived as part of the cultural foundation of his country. He was overtaken by the Debka dance, immersed …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… composer;' in Christian Science Monitor as, 'a leading Israeli educator and composer;' in Variety, 'as one of the … direction of Dr. Michael Naida. His popular compositions, songs, film and video scores, signature tunes, and … dramatic shows that played in the 70's and 80's around the country before the largest American Jewish audiences in …