The Problems of Native Music in Israel

Alexander Uriah Boskowicz

1953

The “Where” in the Creation of Israeli Music

The first issue that should have occurred to a European-born, reality-sensitive composer upon immigration to the Land of Israel is: Is the musical vocabulary in which I have spoken thus far appropriate for expressing my experience in this new world? [ . . . ] And in general, with what kind of musical…

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Alexander Uriah Boskowicz

1907–1964

A composer, conductor, music critic, and painter, Alexander Uriah Boskowicz was born in Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary (now Cluj, Romania) to a Hasidic family. He studied piano in Vienna and Paris. In 1938, Boskowicz was invited to conduct the Palestine Symphony Orchestra, and he moved to Tel Aviv. He was a founder of the Israel Academy of Music and served as a music critic for the newspaper Haaretz. Boskowicz was awarded the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Prize in 1960 and the Henrietta Szold Prize in 1961.

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