Emanuel Amiran-Pougatchov (

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: עמנואל עמירן-פוגצ'וב; born Emanuel Pugaczow; 8 August 1909, in Warsaw – 18 December 1993, in

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(or Yaqum)) was a

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and teacher.

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In Warsaw, Emanuel Pugaczow began his musical studies at the age of 10 years with Joseph Engel, Professor David Shore and Engel Weinberg. He later continued his musical studies for a period of three years within Berlin. From 1928 to 1930, he studied with

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within Jerusalem. His studies of music (combined with pedagogy) continued from 1934 onward at the

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in Britain with

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and

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. He returned to Israel again in 1936 again to be involved in teaching activities, at some time founding with Prof.

Leo Kestenberg Leo Kestenberg (27 November 1882 – 13 January 1962) was a German-Israeli classical pianist, music educator, and cultural politician. Working for the government in Prussia from 1918, he began a large-scale reform of music education (''Kesten ...

the Music Teachers' Seminary in Tel Aviv, both continuing as primary authorities and charges of. In 1948 he was officer in charge of military music, establishing a joint initiative with artillery commander, Samuel Edmond. Together with Captain Jacob Pleasant he founded an Israeli Army Band. The military band they formed was one of the foundations for the establishment of the

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, together with an orchestra of Alexandria, under the baton of' Otto Gronich. He was the first appointed Inspector of Music (Minister for Music Education) at the time of the establishment of the nation of Israel, this from 1948 to his retirement in 1975. He was best known for his holiday songs, although his repertoire also included symphonic music for orchestra and choir, music for the theater as well as over 600 folk-songs. Amiran is credited with composing the music to "

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", one of the most popular Israeli folk dance songs.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Amiran-Pougatchov, Emanuel 1909 births 1993 deaths Musicians from Warsaw Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Israeli composers 20th-century Israeli composers Israeli military musicians

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