Jair Rosenblum

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Memorial plaque for Rosenblum in Tel Aviv

Jair Rosenblum ( Hebrew יאיר רוזנבלום; * January 6, 1944 in Tel Aviv ; † August 27, 1996 in Holon ) was an Israeli composer.

Life

Rosenblum was born in Tel Aviv. He did his military service in the Israeli Army (IDF) as an accordionist in the Nachal troupe . He was musical director of the IDF Choir in the 1960s and 1970s.

Rosenblum composed songs for the army and navy music ensembles of the IDF, which he also conducted; in particular, he was known for the song Shir LaShalom ( Hebrew שיר לשלום, German 'A Song for Peace') (1970). He also composed music for film and television, and worked with a number of bands and choral groups. He also directed the annual Israeli music festivals. He wrote more than 1000 songs in his artistic life, including Giv'at HaTahmoshet ( Hebrew גבעת התחמושת; German  'battle on the ammunition hill ' ), Shalva ( Hebrew שלווה; German  'Friedfertigkeit' ) and Ma Avarech ( Hebrew מה אברך; German  'What will I bless him with' ).

He died at the age of 52 after a two-year illness.

After his death, Rosenblum's daughter Karen accepted a lifetime achievement award from the Association of Composers and Publishers (ACUM) in his place.

In 2005, readers of the Israeli news website voted Ynet Rosenblum 159th in the poll for the 200 greatest Israelis.

reception

An Israeli postage stamp from 2009 is dedicated to Rosenblum.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Marsha Bryan Edelman: Discovering Jewish music 2003 (accessed April 2, 2014).
  2. ↑ a b c d Naomi Segal: Composer of 'Peace Song' dies . In: Jweekly , August 30, 1996. Retrieved April 2, 2014. 
  3. ↑ Joel N. Eglash: The Complete Jewish Songbook: The Definitive Collection of Jewish Songs 2002 (accessed April 2, 2014).
  4. ↑ Union of American Hebrew Congregations, Joel N Eglash, Rosalie Boxt, Robert Weiner: Shireinu 2003 (accessed April 2, 2014).
  5. ↑ Un'taneh Tokef, Lawrence A. Hoffman: Who by fire, who by water-Un'taneh tokef 2010 (Accessed April 2, 2014).
  6. ↑ Oliver Leaman: Companion encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African film 2001 (accessed April 2, 2014).
  7. ↑ Amy Kronish, Costel Safirman: Israeli film: a reference guide 2003 (accessed April 2, 2014).
  8. ↑ http://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/songs-for-the-sabbath/
  9. ↑ Gil Zohar: Old soldiers never die . In: The Jerusalem Post , February 23, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2014. 
  10. ↑ Helen Kaye: Songwriter Moshe Willensky dies at 87 . In: The Jerusalem Post , January 23, 1997. Retrieved April 2, 2014. 
  11. ↑ Guy Venjović: הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין - תרבות ובידור (Hebrew) . In: Ynet , June 20, 1995. Retrieved April 2, 2014. 
  12. ↑ Eran Litvin: Article - Israeli Music April 22, 2009. (No longer available online.) Israel Philatelic Federation, formerly in the original ; Retrieved on April 19, 2014 (English, information on the stamp series).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / english.israelphilately.org.il  
  13. ^ Postage stamp Yair Rosenblum (Israel). In: Colnect. Retrieved April 19, 2014 (postage stamp shown in Colnect stamp catalog).
personal data
SURNAME Rosenblum, Jair
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosenblum, Yair (English transcription); יאיר רוזנבלום (Hebrew)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Tel Aviv , Israel
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1996
Place of death Holon , Israel