Sasha Argov Explained

Alexander "Sasha" Argov
Background:non_performing_personnel
Birth Name:Alexander Abramovich
Birth Date:1914 10, df=y
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian Empire
Death Place:Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupation:Composer

Alexander "Sasha" Argov (Hebrew: סשה ארגוב, born Alexander Abramovich; Moscow, 26 October 1914 – Tel Aviv, 27 September 1995[1]) was a prominent Israeli composer.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Life and career

Argov was born Alexander Abramovich in Moscow, Russia in 1914; later changing his last name to its Hebrew version, Argov, in 1946.[8] His father was a dentist and his mother a concert pianist.[8] He began studying the piano with his mother at the age of three, and at the age of six he began to compose music by ear which his mother transcribed into music notation for him.[8] He had no formal education in music outside of his lessons with his mother.[8]

He migrated to British Palestine from Russia in 1934 with his parents.[6] [9] He never made a living with his music, working first as a bank clerk and later owning and operating a bookshop.[8]

Argov composed many popular songs, producing approximately 1,200 works.[8] [9] [10] [11] Among them were "Hareut" and songs for the Israel Defense Forces, film, and theater.[10] [12] [13] [14] In 1948 he published Ha’Chizbatron, a collection of his songs written for the entertainment of Israeli troupes.[8] He collaborated with Chaim Hefer and Matti Caspi, two of whose albums feature melodies written exclusively by Argov.[15] He also composed several film scores and musicals for the stage; of which the most successful was Shlomo hamelech ve’Shalmai hansandlar (‘King Solomon and the Cobbler’) which premiered in 1964.[8] In 1988, he was awarded the Israel Prize in Hebrew song.[10] [15] [16]

Dramatic works

commemoration

Sasha Argov died in 1995, at the age of 80. He was buried in Yarkon cemetery.

His archive is kept in the Israel National Library.

Streets were named after him in several cities in Israel: in Tel Aviv, Rishon Lezion, Ra'anana, Kfar Saba, Ramla, and in Netivot.

In 2009, Israel Post issued a series of 12 stamps on "Israeli Music"; In this series, a stamp was dedicated to the memory of Sasha Argov.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Mimi Tashiro. 1996. Obituary Index. Notes. 52. 4. 1119–1133. 898376.
  2. Book: Mediterranean Israeli Music and the Politics of the Aesthetic . Amy Horowitz. 2010 . Wayne State University Press . July 27, 2011. 978-0814334652 .
  3. Book: Culture and customs of Israel . 2004 . Rebecca L. Torstrick . Bloomsbury Academic . July 27, 2011. 9780313320910 .
  4. Book: Cultures of the Jews: Modern encounters . 2006 . David Biale . David Biale . Knopf Doubleday Publishing . July 27, 2011. 9780307483492 .
  5. Book: Popular music and national culture in Israel . 2004 . Motti Regev . Edwin Seroussi . University of California Press . July 27, 2011. 9780520236547 .
  6. Book: World music: the rough guide. Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Volume 1 . 1999 . Simon Broughton . Mark Ellingham . Richard Trillo . Rough Guides . July 27, 2011. 9781858286358 .
  7. Book: American Jewish year book 1997. 1997 . David Singer . Ruth R. Seldin . VNR AG . July 27, 2011. 9780874951110.
  8. Talila Eliram. Argov, Sasha [Abramovich, Aleksander ]. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.52408. 2001.
  9. News: Alexander Argov dies at 81 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107131817/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/62544173.html?dids=62544173:62544173&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+28,+1995&author=Itim&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Alexander+Argov+dies+at+81&pqatl=google . dead . November 7, 2012 . The Jerusalem Post . September 28, 1995. July 27, 2011.
  10. Book: Discovering Jewish music . 2003. Marsha Bryan Edelman . Jewish Publication Society . July 27, 2011. 9780827610279 .
  11. Book: The Triangle Jewish Chorale Songbook . Jane Peppler . July 27, 2011. 9780981811505 . 2008 . Lulu.com .
  12. Book: Israeli film: a reference guide . 2003. Amy Kronish . Costel Safirman . Bloomsbury Academic . July 27, 2011. 9780313321443 .
  13. Book: World Filmography: 1967 . 1977 . Peter Cowie . Derek Elley . Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press . July 27, 2011. 9780498015656 .
  14. Book: Companion encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African film . 2001 . Oliver Leaman . Taylor & Francis . July 27, 2011. 9780203426494 .
  15. Web site: Sacha Argov . Jewish Virtual Library . July 27, 2011.
  16. Web site: Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1988 (in Hebrew).

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