Haim Alexander
Haim Alexander (born August 9, 1915 in Berlin ; † March 18, 2012 in Jerusalem ; Hebrew חיים אלכסנדר; Born: Heinz Günter ) was an Israeli composer and professor of composition, piano and music theory.
Life
Heinz Alexander lost his father at the age of seven and therefore became a "pupil" in the Baruch-Auerbach orphanage in Berlin, Schönhauser Allee 162. In the Orthodox synagogue there he played on a large harmonium on Friday evenings, on the Sabbath and on other Jewish holidays often works by Salomon Sulzer , Louis Lewandowski and other Jewish composers. He began studying music at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin, but had to break it off in 1936 due to persecution. He emigrated to Palestine , where he continued his studies with Stefan Wolpe and Josef Tal until 1945. He later became a professor at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem. He retired in 1981, but continued to be creative as a composer. He composed mainly chamber music and orchestral works as well as pieces for piano and voice.
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His compositional work includes orchestral, choir, piano and organ works as well as chamber music as well as music for solo voices and instrumental ensembles and songs.
Publications
- Pioneers and Exiles, Kolja Lessing plays Haim Alexander, among others.
- Organ music from Israel, Yuval Rabin plays Haim Alexander, among others.
- Organ landscape Jerusalem, Elisabeth Roloff plays Haim Alexander, among others.
literature
- Katharina Hoba: Generation in transition. Residence processes of German Jews in Israel. (Series: Jüdische Moderne) Böhlau, Cologne 2016, p. 361f. Short biography (additional dissertation phil. University of Potsdam ). With information about his sister Liselotte Alexander, stage name Lilo Alexander, married Cannon (September 7, 2010 Berlin - January 7, 1987 Boston). She has her own entry in the LexM under "Lilo Cannon".
Web links
- Literature by and about Haim Alexander in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tina Frühauf: Haim Alexander in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians from the Nazi Era (LexM), as of March 26, 2012
- Short biography on the side of the Israeli Music Institute (Engl.) ( Memento of 16 December 2014 Internet Archive )
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Individual evidence
- ↑ המלחין חיים אלכסנדר הלך לעולמו
- ^ Robert Jay Fleisher: Twenty Israeli Composers - Voices of a Culture , Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1971, p. 82
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alexander, Haim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Günter, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 2012 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem , Israel |