Moshe Wilensky Explained

Moshe Wilensky
Birth Date:17 April 1910
Birth Place:Warsaw, Poland
Nationality:Polish
Israeli
Alma Mater:Warsaw Conservatory
Notable Works: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 Wilensky (Hebrew: משה וילנסקי, also, "Vilensky"; 17 April 1910 – 2 January 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]

Life

Wilensky, 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] Wilensky died in 1997.[9]

Music career

A pianist and composer, Wilensky wrote music for theaters and musical troupes of the Israel Defense Forces, including the Nahal choir in the 1950s.[10] He worked with the Kol Yisrael orchestra.[1]

Wilensky's music combines Slavic music and Eastern music.[1] He composed for films, plays, hora dances, cabaret songs, and children's tunes, writing nearly 1,500 songs in his lifetime.[1] [3] [4] [11] [12] 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] [13] [14] [15] 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, which Wilensky hosted, with his song "Autumn".[16]

In 1983, Wilensky was awarded the Israel Prize, for Hebrew song (melody).[1] [17] In 1990, a special concert in honor of his 80th birthday was given by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.[6] In 1998, the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel (ACUM) named its Song of the Year Award the "Moshe Wilensky Prize".[18]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moshe Vilensky . Jewishvirtuallibrary.org . July 31, 2011.
  2. News: Shoshana Damari, 83 . The Jewish Exponent . February 23, 2006 . Dan Baron . July 31, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314015418/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/2585/Shoshana_Damari_83/ . March 14, 2012 .
  3. News: Penn . Lea . All keyed up . Haaretz . July 22, 2011 . July 31, 2011.
  4. News: Hirschfeld . Ariel . All hail the king . Haaretz . July 30, 2010. July 31, 2011.
  5. News: Schweitzer . Erez . And the twain shall meet . Haaretz . July 22, 2011 . July 31, 2011.
  6. News: Moshe Wilensky – shaping the national soul . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107134822/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/47726510.html?dids=47726510:47726510&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+05,+2000&author=MICHAEL+AJZENSTADT&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Moshe+Wilensky+-+shaping+the+national+soul&pqatl=google . dead . November 7, 2012 . The Jerusalem Post . Michael Ajsenstadt. January 5, 2000. July 31, 2011.
  7. Book: Discovering Jewish music . 2003 . Marsha Bryan Edelman. Jewish Publication Society . 9780827610279 . July 31, 2011.
  8. Book: Harry Schneiderman, Itzhak J. Carmin. Who's who in world Jewry. 1978. August 1, 2011.
  9. News: Composer Moshe Wilenski dead at 86 . 30 September 2020 . . 3 January 1997.
  10. News: Handelzalts . Michael . In the shadow of the cannons . Haaretz . July 22, 2011 . July 31, 2011.
  11. Book: Israeli film: a reference guide . Amy Kronish, Costel Safirman. 2003 . Bloomsbury Academic . 9780313321443 . July 31, 2011.
  12. Book: Companion encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African film . 2001 . Oliver Leaman. Taylor & Francis . 9780203426494 . July 31, 2011.
  13. Book: Israel: the first decade of independence . 1995. Selwyn Ilan Troen, Noah Lucas . SUNY Press . 9780791422595 . July 31, 2011.
  14. News: Zohar . Itamar . Sublime experience . Haaretz . August 20, 2010 . July 31, 2011.
  15. Book: Funny, it doesn't sound Jewish: how Yiddish songs and synagogue melodies influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood. SUNY Press. 2004 . Jack Gottlieb . 9780844411309. July 31, 2011.
  16. News: Handelzalts . Michael . Comfortable in her own skin . Haaretz . June 7, 2007. July 31, 2011.
  17. Web site: Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1983 (in Hebrew).
  18. News: And the winners are ... . https://archive.today/20120712125636/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/25160490.html?dids=25160490:25160490&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+01,+1998&author=Helen+Kaye&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=And+the+winners+are..&pqatl=google . dead . July 12, 2012 . The Jerusalem Post. January 1, 1998. Helen Kaye. July 31, 2011.

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