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Shir LaShalom was written by Yaakov Rotblit and set to music by Yair Rosenblum. [1] It was first performed in 1969 by The Nahal Band (להקת הנחל) of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as part of its Sinai Infantry Outpost program, during the War of Attrition between Israel and Egypt. It featured the soloist Miri Aloni, who later became a ...
Bar Yochai. v. t. e. " Hava Nagila " (Hebrew: הָבָה נָגִילָה, Hāvā Nāgīlā, "Let us rejoice") is a Jewish folk song. It is traditionally sung at celebrations, such as weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvas, and other festivities among the Jewish community. Written in 1918, it quickly spread through the Jewish diaspora.
The song has been translated loosely into many languages. It was chosen as the "Song of the Year" in Israel in 1967 and "Song of the Jubilee" in Israel's 50th Independence Day in 1998. The song is the corps song of the La Crosse, Wisconsin, Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps. The corps sings it before every competition. [citation needed]
Dabke (Arabic: دبكة also spelled dabka, dabki, dubki, dabkeh, plural dabkaat) [1] is a Levantine folk dance, [2][3] particularly popular among Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian and Syrian communities. [4] Dabke combines circle dance and line dancing and is widely performed at weddings and other joyous occasions.
In the 1980s, Israeli folk star Ran Eliran recorded the song, along with 14 more songs by Miron, to make the album Sing to Me Eretz Yisrael. Phranc recorded the song for his 1998 album Milkman . In October 2012 a single was released by RebbeSoul , featuring musicians and singers from South America, Africa, the UK, USA, and Israel, singing in ...
The music of Israel is a combination of Jewish and non-Jewish music traditions that have come together over the course of a century to create a distinctive musical culture. For almost 150 years, musicians have sought original stylistic elements that would define the emerging national spirit. [ 1 ]
In May 1958, she returned to Israel and performed in concerts and theaters. In November 1958, she returned to the USA for another tour. [ 14 ] In January 1960, Aharoni recorded an album of Israeli folk songs, Songs of Israel (1960), for Decca Records , [ 15 ] which sold more than half a million copies. [ 16 ]
Naomi Shemer's childhood home in Kvutzat Kinneret. This was one of the first 3 houses to be built and populated in 1929. Naomi Shemer (Hebrew: נעמי שמר; July 13, 1930 – June 26, 2004) was a leading [1] Israeli musician and songwriter, hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry."