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Menachem Mendel The Dreamer, Suite

Opus: 103/105 Year: 1939 
Ensemble
Symphonic Orchestra: 1/pic,1,2,asx,1–2,2,1,1–hp,accordion-timp+2-str
DURATION
15:34 min
Category
Orchestral Music, Symphonic Orchestra, Film, Theater, Ballet, Theater
Tags
Recording, Suite
Theme
Jewish Theme

Marc Lavry, Conductor
Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra)

Overture – Dance – The Train – Theme and Variation – Polka

Note: Lavry wrote two versions of this composition.
In 1939 he wrote Menachem Mendel The Dreamer, Opus 103, for a theatrical play by the same name. The total duration of that version is 55:00 minutes.
The following year, in 1940, he adapted the composition as a suite for symphonic orchestra, Opus 105, with a total duration of 15:34 minutes.

Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990036495200205171, 990036495240205171

Synopsis:
Marc Lavry composed the music for Shalom Aleichem’s play that was premiered by the Ohel Theatre on October 25, 1939.
In 1940 he composed a Suite for Orchestra based on the music he originally wrote for the play which was premiered on July 7,1940.

  • Overture – Business as Usual
  • Dance – Oy, Parnassa (O, Livelihood)
  • The Train – Express in B Minor
  • Theme and Variations:
    The Matchmaker
    The Merrymaker
  • Polka – Menachem Mendel never gives up!