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In addition to Israeli folk music, Lavi was one of the first Israeli singers began to sing pop songs. His romantic song The Red Rock ( HaSela haAdom ) was about Petra , the ancient Jordanian city. Popular in the 1960s (well before Israel and Jordan had a peace treaty ), the song encouraged young Israelis to sneak across the guarded border into ...
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 ]
Music portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ... Pages in category "Jewish folk singers" The following 102 pages are ...
The following is a list of Israeli musical artists, singers and bands This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Klezmer (Yiddish: קלעזמער or כּלי־זמר) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. [1] The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for listening; these would have been played at weddings and other social functions.
Hedva and David was an Israeli singing duo, comprising Hedva Amrani and David Tal. In 1970, the duo won first place at the Yamaha Song Festival in Tokyo, Japan, with the song "I Dream of Naomi" (אני חולם על נעמי "Ani Cholem Al Naomi"), lyrics: Tirtza Atar, music: David Krivoshei . The song sold more than a million copies in its ...
The Dudaim (Hebrew: הדודאים) was an Israeli folk duo which was active between the years 1957–1993, consisting of vocalist Benny Amdursky and guitarist Israel Gurion (born 1935). [1] The name of the band Dudaim comes from the Hebrew word for the mandrake plant, which is native to the Mediterranean region.
"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.