Chaya Arbel (; June 8, 1921 – December 14, 2006) was an Israeli
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and def ...
. She is one of Israel's best known female classical composers and the recipient of the
ACUM Prize.
Biography
Arbel studied piano and composition in Germany, until she immigrated to the
British mandate of Palestine (1936), where she worked in agriculture at
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...
HaMa'apil
HaMa'apil (, ''lit.'' The illegal immigrant) is a kibbutz in central Israel. It is located near Ahituv within the jurisdiction of the Hefer Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The community was established in Hadera i ...
.
Only 25 years later, Arbel could resume her composition studies, with professor
Leon Schidlowsky. Arbel remained a
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...
member for the rest of life. She won the
ACUM Prize for ''Dialogue for Clarinet and Orchestra''.
Published works
Orchestra
* 19?? ''Concerto'' for cello and string orchestra (IMC)
* 1983 ''A Toy Symphony Here and Now'' for string orchestra, toys and percussion (IMC)
* 1984 ''Lament'' for string orchestra (
IMI, IMC)
* 1990 ''Dialogue'' for clarinet and chamber orchestra (IMI, IMC)
* 1996 ''For Old Times Sake'' for orchestra (IMC)
* 2003 ''Third Tale'' for string orchestra (IMI, IMIC)
Large ensemble
* 1992 ''
The Diary of Anne Frank'', for string quartet, piano and mezzo-soprano (Neue Musik)
* 1992 ''Agada'' for woodwinds, brass and percussion (IMC)
* 1995 ''Conzertino'' for double bass solo, winds and percussion (IMC)
* 1996 ''Time Beats'', Quartet for harp, flute, viola and percussion (IMC)
Small ensemble
* 19?? ''Roots'', Ballad in 2 parts for violin, cello and piano (IMC)
* 1986 ''Drama'' for clarinet, cello and piano (IMC)
* 1987 ''Roundarounds'' for tuba and piano (IMC)
* 1990 ''In Memory of Our Soldiers'' for trombone and piano (IMC)
* 1991 ''The Turtles Voice'' for horn, violin, cello and piano (IMC)
* 1995 ''Intermezzo'' for viola and piano (IMC)
Solo instruments
* 1984 ''Lament'' for piano (IMC)
* 1985 ''Remembrance'' for piano (IMC)
* 1983 ''Fantasia'' for violin solo (IMC)
Discography
Albums
* 1998 ''Works'', by various artists
* 2003 ''More Works'', by various artists (ICL)
In anthologies
* 1985 ''Kibbutz Composers: Piano Music for Two and Four Hands'', pianist
Bart Berman
Bart Berman (; born 29 December 1938) is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th-century music.
Career
Bart Berman studied piano with Jaap Spaanderman at a predecessor of the Conservatorium ...
on a record by
Duo Beer Sheva (Jerusalem)
* 2003 ''Psanterin'', CD 6 out of 9, by pianist
Michal Tal (
IMC)
References
External links
* Ronit Seter
Chaya Arbelin ''The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women''
in the Israeli composer database
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1921 births
2006 deaths
Musicians from Nuremberg
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine
Kibbutzniks
20th-century Israeli classical composers
21st-century Israeli classical composers
German classical composers
Israeli women classical composers
German women classical composers
20th-century German composers
21st-century German composers
20th-century German women composers
21st-century Israeli women composers
21st-century German women
Immigrants of the Fifth Aliyah