NAOMI SHEMER FESTIVAL, JERUSALEM FOLK CLUB, JULY 17
Known as the "First Lady of Israeli Song," Naomi Shemer is a prolific song
writer and composer. She has written numerous songs, many of which have
become popular hits, she has composed many well-known children's songs, and
she has also set poems to music, including works by Rahel and Natan
Alterman.
Shemer was born on Kvuzat Kinneret and grew up overlooking the shores of the
Jordan. In 1963, she wrote Hurshat Haecalyptus (The Eucalyptus Grove) for a
musical marking the jubilee of Kibbutz Kinneret.
In 1967, Shemer was asked to compose a song for the Israel Song Festival.
Though not itself part of the competition, the three stanzas of
"Yerushalayim shel Zahav" ("Jerusalem of Gold") became instantly popular.
Particularly because the Festival occurred just before the 1967
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War and the reunification of Jerusalem
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acquired a national significance that spoke to the country's longing for
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and its surrounding areas. Broadcast frequently on the radio and sung by
many, it functioned as a second national anthem. Following the war, Shemer
composed a fourth stanza to the song, celebrating the liberation of the Old
City of Jerusalem
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road to Jericho. "Yerushalayim shel Zahav" was translated into many
languages and became an international statement on the reunification of
Jerusalem <http://www.
Of the songs Shemer wrote about the Yom
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War, the most popular became "Lu Yehi" ("Let it Be") which began as a
translation of the Beatles' song by that name and evolved into an
independent hit. This and other songs, many of which have been published in
books of her music, have made Shemer's songs arguably the most-sung in the
1960's to the 1980's. For her immense contribution to Israeli music, Shemer
was awarded the Israel prize in 1983.
Shemer was laid to rest at Kibbutz Kinneret on June 26, 2004, where she was
born. She wrote a song " It is so hard to die in Tammuz" and passed away
during the month of Tammuz many years later.
The Jerusalem Folk Club will honor the memory of Naomi Shemer on Sunday July
17. On " Guitars on the Roofs", Kehati 15, Givat Shaul. More information
will follow.
Known as the "First Lady of Israeli Song," Naomi Shemer is a prolific song
writer and composer. She has written numerous songs, many of which have
become popular hits, she has composed many well-known children's songs, and
she has also set poems to music, including works by Rahel and Natan
Alterman.
Shemer was born on Kvuzat Kinneret and grew up overlooking the shores of the
Jordan. In 1963, she wrote Hurshat Haecalyptus (The Eucalyptus Grove) for a
musical marking the jubilee of Kibbutz Kinneret.
In 1967, Shemer was asked to compose a song for the Israel Song Festival.
Though not itself part of the competition, the three stanzas of
"Yerushalayim shel Zahav" ("Jerusalem of Gold") became instantly popular.
Particularly because the Festival occurred just before the 1967
<http://www.
War and the reunification of Jerusalem
<http://www.
acquired a national significance that spoke to the country's longing for
Jerusalem <http://www.
and its surrounding areas. Broadcast frequently on the radio and sung by
many, it functioned as a second national anthem. Following the war, Shemer
composed a fourth stanza to the song, celebrating the liberation of the Old
City of Jerusalem
<http://www.
road to Jericho. "Yerushalayim shel Zahav" was translated into many
languages and became an international statement on the reunification of
Jerusalem <http://www.
Of the songs Shemer wrote about the Yom
<http://www.
War, the most popular became "Lu Yehi" ("Let it Be") which began as a
translation of the Beatles' song by that name and evolved into an
independent hit. This and other songs, many of which have been published in
books of her music, have made Shemer's songs arguably the most-sung in the
1960's to the 1980's. For her immense contribution to Israeli music, Shemer
was awarded the Israel prize in 1983.
Shemer was laid to rest at Kibbutz Kinneret on June 26, 2004, where she was
born. She wrote a song " It is so hard to die in Tammuz" and passed away
during the month of Tammuz many years later.
The Jerusalem Folk Club will honor the memory of Naomi Shemer on Sunday July
17. On " Guitars on the Roofs", Kehati 15, Givat Shaul. More information
will follow.
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