Josef Tal
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Josef Tal was an Israeli composer. He wrote three Hebrew operas; four German operas, dramatic scenes; six symphonies; 13 concerti; chamber music, including three string quartets; instrumental works; a
Josef Tal in 1987
Josef Tal with his father Julius Grünthal, 1917
Tal with Palestine Conservatoire of Music Orchestra (1939)
Tal piano recital at Tel Aviv Museum (May 8, 1944)
Paul Ben-Haim
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Paul Ben-Haim was an Israeli composer.
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…departure from – and criticism of – the so-called 'Mediterranean school' favoured by many Israeli composers at the time. This was an approach pioneered by Paul Ben-Haim and other composers, who set traditional Middle Eastern Jewish melodies within a European, often Impressionist, harmonic vocabulary. He was the most…
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Paul Ben-Haim and his wife, Heli, with the writer Max Brod