Moshe Vilenski
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Moshe Vilenski playing piano, entertaining people in DP camps in Cyprus (ca. 1947–48)
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Born | April 17, 1910 Warsaw, Poland |
Died | January 2, 1997 |
Nationality | Polish later Israeli |
Alma mater | Warsaw Conservatory |
Notable work | Songs: "Kalaniyot" ("Anemones"), "Hayu Zmanim" ("In Those Times)", "Autumn," "Ring Twice and Wait," "Each Day I Lose," "The Last Battle", and "Mul Har Sinai" ("Opposite Mt. Sinai") |
Awards | Israel Prize |
Moshe Vilenski (Hebrew: משה וילנסקי, also, "Vilensky" and "Wilensky"; April 17, 1910 – January 2, 1997) was a Polish-Israeli composer, lyricist, and pianist.[1][2][3][4] He is considered a "pioneer of Israeli song" and one of Israel's leading composers, and was a winner of the Israel Prize, the state's highest honor.[5][6]
Early life
Vilenski, who was Jewish, was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of Zelig and Henia (née Liebman).[1][7][8] He studied music at the Warsaw Conservatory in Warsaw, specializing in conducting and composition, and immigrated to Palestine in 1932.[1][4][7] He married Bertha Yakimovska in 1939.[8]
Music career
A pianist and composer, Vilenski wrote music for theaters and musical troupes of the Israel Defense Forces, including the Nahal choir in the 1950s.[9] He worked with the Kol Yisrael orchestra.[1]
Vilenski's music combines Slavic music and Eastern music.[1] He composed for films, plays, hora dances, cabaret songs, and nursery children's tunes, writing nearly 1,500 songs in his lifetime.[1][3][4][10][11] Among his songs are "Kalaniyot" ("Anemones"), "Hayu Zmanim" ("In Those Times)", "Autumn," "Ring Twice and Wait," "Each Day I Lose," "The Last Battle", and "Mul Har Sinai" ("Opposite Mt. Sinai").[1][2][6][12][13][14] He wrote music for many of Natan Alterman's poems.[1] In 1962, Israeli Esther Reichstadt won second prize at the Polish international song festival with Vilenski's song "Autumn".[15]
In 1983, Vilenski was awarded the Israel Prize, for Hebrew song (melody).[1][16] In 1990, a special concert in honor of his 80th birthday was given by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.[6] In 1998, the Israel Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ACUM) named its Song of the Year Award the "Moshe Wilensky Prize".[17]
See also
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