Recording: Not yet available Lyrics by: Shmuel Hupert Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990024238230205171 (Shabtai Petrushka’s estate) Additional Details: We do not have the sheet music of the composition, only an arrangement done by Shabtai Petrushka. Synopsis: In his opus book the only information…
Recording: Not yet available Lyrics by: Ya’akov Cohen Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990037131240205171, 990038270990205171, 990038271030205171 Lyrics: Avakesh Et Artzi / Ya’akov Cohen (transliterated from Hebrew to English) Ohav haprachim haktanim Bereicham eshma merei’ach artzi Tziporei hagil yakru lenafshi Ron tarona tif’eret gani.
Recording: Not yet available Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990035289060205171 Additional Details: We have little information about the composition, which consists of data from the manuscript and the documentation in the opus book. Based on the ensemble and the year in which it was…
Recording: Not yet available Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990035288490205171 Additional Details: The composition is not documented in the composer’s opus book. Except for the manuscript, we have no information about it. According to the manuscript, it seems to have been written in his…
Recording: Not yet available Sheet Music: Not yet located. Please help us find the sheet music for this composition. Synopsis: Lavry composed this composition for a film by the Aga-Film production company. In his opus notebook he also noted that the music is based on the Palestine Foxtrot (Jazz), Opus 32, which he wrote in…
Recording: Not yet available Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990038391910205171 Information from the composer’s opus book: The composition was performed at the Purim Festival in Tel Aviv, March 8-9, 1936
Movements: Russian Menuet Arabic Chinese America Finale Recording: Not yet available Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990035289990205171 Additional Details: Lavry was invited to write several suites for a radio show. We don’t know the subject of every show. However, we see that each suite…
Movements: Traditional style Spanish style Neapolitan style Country style (Polka) Yemenite style Israeli style Recording: Not yet available Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990035290470205171 Additional Details: Lavry was invited to write several suites for a radio show. We don’t know the subject of every…
Movements: Zot Admati (This is my Land), Opus 207 Shir Eres (Lullaby), Opus 48 Sirati (My Boat), Opus 50 Debka Ts’ad Shimshon (March, Samson), Opus 214 Shir Ahava (Love Song), Opus 231 Shir Roim (Shepherds’ Song), Opus 208 Boa Dodi (Come, My Beloved), Opus 222 Shir Hakotsrim (The Harvest Song) Hora, Opus 206.3 Recording: Not…
This recording was found in the composer’s personal archive and it starts with Lavry himself introducing the composition. Often, when Lavry recorded for Radio programs, he would come home with the sound engineer to complete the final editing. They listened to the different “takes” and chose the final one. It’s likely that this is a…
Movements: Overture, March, Minuet, Joker (Badchan), Polka Recording: Not yet available Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990038369170205171, 990038369090205171 Synopsis: The piece humorously describes the dancing and the atmosphere at a typical Jewish wedding. Note: Lavry originally wrote the suite Wedding (Chatuna) in 1937 for…
Movements: Arabic, Italy, France, Scotland, Spain, England, Romania, Russia, China, Africa, Hungary, Poland, America Recording: Not yet available Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990036494740205171 Synopsis: Lavry, a master of improvisation and orchestration, wrote for a radio program variations on his well-known composition Emek, Symphonic…
Movements: We Came to this Land (Anu Banu Artza), Rock and Roll Tango Tiberius Polka Carmel The Great Area (Hashetach Hagadol), Waltz Desert (Arava), Blues Boogie-Woogie Tel Aviv Manuscripts: Located at the National Library of Israel Music Department, the Marc Lavry Archive, System Number(s) 990037147800205171, 990038436660205171 Variations: Two arrangements are available for the composition: Unconventional…
A live recording of Three Jewish Dances for Violin and Orchestra at the annual concert of the Thelma Yellin High School Symphony Orchestra at the Ashdod Performing Art Center, February 17, 2013: Tal First, Violin Menahem Nebenhaus, Conductor The Thelma Yellin Symphony Orchestra Jacques Israelievitch – Three Jewish Dances for Violin and Piano Versions:…
Recording: Not yet available Synopsis: The composition Two Preludes for String Orchestra was written for the Riga Jewish Theater as an introduction to a play. We do not have a record of the name of the play. In 1936, after immigrating to Israel, Lavry orchestrated the first prelude for a symphonic orchestra for a concert…
