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Israeli Folk Music, Songs of the
Early Pioneers
Edited by Hans Nathan, with a Foreword and Afterword
by Philip V. Bohlman
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ISBN 0-89579-306-7 |
(1994) xxi+64 pp. |
$36.00 |
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ISBN 978-0-89579-306-5 (13-digit) |
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During the 1930s several of Europe's most distinguished composers received
commissions to arrange Hebrew songs collected from early settlers in Israel
and circulated on postcards. In this edition 15 songs appear in voice and
keyboard arrangements by Aaron Copland, Paul Dessau, Arthur Honegger, Darius
Milhaud, Ernst Toch, Stefan Wolpe, and Kurt Weill, making the volume a resource
for performer and scholar alike. In addition, 10 melodies are presented
in facsimiles of the original postcards. An afterword is devoted to the
significance of folk-song collecting and to the diverse uses of folk music
during the period of nascent Israeli national identity.
Music Sample
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Contents
| Aaron Copland |
Banu (We've Come) |
| Paul Dessau |
'Ali B'er (Ascend, My Well); Alei Giv'a, Sham Bagalil (Atop a Hill
in Galilee); Hine Achal'la Bachalili (Lo, I Play upon My Flute) |
| Arthur Honegger |
Ra'inu Amalenu (We Beheld Our Toil) |
| Darius Milhaud |
Gam Hayom (Day After Day); Holem Tza'adi (My Step Resounds) |
| Ernst Toch |
Seh Ug'di (A Lamb and a Kid); Avatiach (A Watermelon); Yeled Kat (Tiny
Child) |
| Kurt Weill |
Havu L'venim (Bring the Bricks); Ba'a M'nucha (There Comes Peace) |
| Stefan Wolpe |
Ra'inu Amalenu (We Beheld Our Toil); Saleinu Al K'tefeinu (Our Baskets
on Our Shoulders); Tel Aviv (Lamidbar) (To the Desert) |
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