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Israeli folk dancing, performance in honor of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot Mayim Mayim ( Hebrew : מים מים , "water, water") is an Israeli folk dance , danced to a song of the same name. It has become notable outside the Israeli dancing community and is often performed at international folk dance events.
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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 ]
Pages in category "Israeli folk songs" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. BaShana HaBa'a; E.
The Gevatron [1] (Hebrew: הגבעטרון) is an Israeli Kibbutz folk singers group. The band started off in the early days of the state of Israel and are active to this very day. They are considered a unique phenomenon in the Israeli folk songs scene, and in 2007 won the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
Nachum Heiman (Hebrew: נחום היימן; May 6, 1934 – August 17, 2016) [1] was an Israeli composer and musician. Some of the over 1,000 songs he composed [2] [3] [4] have become classics of Israeli folk music. [5]
"Hevenu shalom aleichem" (Hebrew: הבאנו שלום עליכם "We brought peace upon you" [1]) is a Hebrew-language folk song based on the greeting Shalom aleichem.While perceived to be an Israeli folk song, the melody of "Hevenu shalom aleichem" pre-dates the current state of Israel and is of Hasidic origin.
Marc Lavry (Hebrew: מרק לברי) (December 22, 1903, Riga – March 24, 1967, Haifa) was an Israeli composer and conductor.Born in Latvia and trained in Germany, Lavry immigrated to Palestine in 1936, where he was instrumental in developing the "Mediterranean School" [1] of composition, that merged elements of oriental Jewish and Arab music with modern European classical music.