| Composition |
Op. |
Ensemble |
Duration |
Year
of
Composition |
Publication |
On
CD |
Video |
Audio |
Selected
Notations |
Appeal
to the Stars
Text: from Babylonian prayers to the gods of the night
(in Old Babylonian)
Multimedia No. 3 out
of Four Old Winds
A series of
four
multimedias
sung in
old Semitic
languages
(available
from the
composer
P.O.B.
8094, Haifa
31080, Israel)
|
28 |
6 women singers
who also play 3
alto-recorders, zurne,
drums, iron-sticks and
palm-tree branches |
15:00 |
1993-4 |
Fue 6520 |
Opus One
181 |
|
|
|
At
the End of the Ways
Text: Uri Zvi GrInberg (in Hebrew)
|
50 |
Baritone and cello
(elaborated as a computerized oratorio)
|
14:00 |
1998-9 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Ballad
of Expected Death in Cairo
Text: Sallah Abd El-Sabur (in Arabic)
|
20
20a
20b |
Version 1:
Tenor,3 violins, piano
Version 2:
Mezzo-sop., 2 violins, viola, piano |
14:00 |
1987 |
IMC 265 I
Fue 7610 |
VMM 2023
Schwann-Koch
Aulos 3-1420-2 |
|
|
|
Daniel
in the Den of Lions
Text: from Daniel 6, with a few inserted verses from
Psalms 2 and 3 (in Coptic)
[Director: Dina Hoffman]
Multimedia No.
4 out of Four Old Winds
A series of
four
multimedias
sung in
old Semitic
languages
(available
from the
composer
P.O.B.
8094, Haifa
31080, Israel)
|
29 |
Video-Art: baritone,
men's chorus, string quartet |
20:00 |
1995 |
IMC 868 |
Opus One
181
|
|
|
|
GIRL
BUTTERFLY GIRL
Song-cycle
Texts: Lebanese and Syrian poets
Song no. 1 - Piece of Earth
Text: Fuad Rifka
Song no. 2 - Eyelids
Text: Shauki Abi Shakra
Song no. 3 - The Coffin with Its Lid Remote
Text: Muhammad al Maghut
Song no. 4 - Girl Butterfly Girl
Text: Unsi al Haj
English translation:
Gila Abrahamson |
4 |
Soprano or
mezzo-soprano and instrumental
accompaniment
Exists in many versions
for soprano or
mezzo-soprano
Master-score:
for soprano - to be sung in Hebrew / English / Arabic
with main Western instrumental version -
flute and piano,
and main Oriental
instrumental version - violin
and ud
Among Other
Versions:
(*See remark below)
mezzo-sop. (in Arabic) + violin & ud
Soprano (in Hebrew) +
Renaissance recorders and harpsichord
Mezzo-sop. (in English) + flute & piano
Mezzo-sop. (in Arabic) + flute & guitar
Mezzo-sop. (in Arabic) + flute & cello
Song no. 4
("Girl Butterfly Girl"
or "A Girl Dreamed
that She Was
a Butterfly")
exists as an a-cappella
version in Hebrew for
women's chorus (S, MS, A)
and in Arabic for mixed
chorus (S, A, T, B)
|
10:00 |
1977 |
IMI 6228
IMI 6228
IMI 6228/I
IMI 6228
IMI 6228/II |
Opus One
158
Schwann-Koch
Aulos 3-1420-2
Song no. 4 a-cappella
in Arabic
VMM 2023 (1997)
Opus One 175
Documentary-
Educational CD
devoted to this
song-cycle -
"Girl Butterfly Girl: A World Journey"
[2005]
|
|
|
 |
| *
There are more versions. All versions are located in the Hebrew
University Archives, The Jewish National & University Library,
Music Department, No. Mus. 121 A, files 2, 3, 4, [op.4]. Address:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.Box 34165, Jerusalem
91341, The Jewish National & University Library, Music Department,
Tel: +972(0)2-6585060, Fax: +972(0)2-6586315. E mail: jnulmusic@savion.huji.ac.il
New versions may be arranged by performers and submitted
to IMI. A copy should be sent to the Hebrew University, the
Jewish National & University Library, Music Department.
|
Hexaptychon
Piece no. 2 out of six short chamber pieces
after Jabra Ibrahim Jabra's text "I'm Sick of You" (in Arabic)
|
37
|
Contralto and Baroque
ensemble of oboe,
harpsichord and cello
|
5:00 |
1996-7 |
IMI 7175 I
|
Opus One
175 |
|
|
|
LEAD
LIFE I
Song-cycle of five songs
|
52
|
Version
for female voice and piano
|
35:00 |
2001-2 |
MS
"Weltschmerz"
Song No. 1
by Furore Verlag, Kassel
Cat. no. 6530
|
VMM 1060 |
|
|
|
See details of the 5 songs in the
following version for soprano and instrumental ensemble
|
LEAD
LIFE II
Song-cycle
|
60-64
|
Version for soprano
and instrumental
ensemble
|
|
2005 |
IMC
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Song no. 1:
Weltschmerz
Text: Else Lasker-Schuler (in German)
|
60 |
Soprano,
flute - alto flute,
English horn, horn,
violoncello, xylophone, harp
|
7:00 |
|
IMC 3821 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Song no. 2:
Two Family Songs
Text: Sh. Shifra (in Hebrew)
Song I - I Gave You an Ancient Heart of Gold
Song II - Nothing Is As It Seems
|
61 |
Soprano, flute, oboe, horn, violoncello,
perc: xylophone, glockenspiel,
harp
Soprano, flute, oboe-English horn, horn, violoncello,
perc: xylophone, glockenspiel,
harp
|
6:00 |
|
IMC 3822 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Song no. 3:
Le ciel est, par dessus
Text: Paul Verlaine (in French) |
62 |
Soprano, flute,
oboe, horn,
violoncello, perc: gong (small, medium, big), bell, triangle, xylophone, glockenspiel,
harp |
8:00 |
|
IMC 3823 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Song no. 4:
Valse of the Devil
(Bereaved)
Text: Esther Kunda (in English) |
63 |
Soprano,
flute - alto flute,
oboe - English horn, horn, violoncello, xylophone, harp
|
3:00 |
|
IMC 3824 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Song no. 5:
Kupite Luk ("Buy Onions")
Text: Genrix Sapgir (in Russian) |
64 |
Soprano, flute, oboe,
violoncello,
xylophone
|
2:00 |
|
IMC 3825 |
VMM 1060
(only song
no. 5) |
|
|
|
Mein Volk
Text: Else Lasker-Schueler (in German)
|
32 |
Mezzo - soprano/soprano
and guitar
|
2:35 |
1995 |
IMC 871 |
VMM 2023
VMM 1060 |
|
|
|
Moderna
Text: Iman Marsal (Egypt)
(Sung in Arabic and Hebrew)
Translation into Hebrew:
Sasson Somekh (Israel)
|
70 |
Soprano, ud,
violoncello, piano
|
4:00 |
2010 |
IMC 4034 |
|
|
|
|
Saga-Portrait
Song-cycle
Text: Dan Pagis
(in Hebrew) |
53 |
Mezzo-
soprano
combined with
magnetic tape |
23:00 |
2002 |
MS |
VMM 1060
|
|
|
|
The Goddess Anath
Text: the myth of the Goddess
Anath (in Ugaritic)
[Choreography: Ruth Eshel] Multimedia No. 1 out of Four Old Winds |
26 |
Woman's voice,
violin, piano, percussion,
with a dancer on an altar
|
4:30 |
1993 |
IMC 865 |
Opus One 181
|
|
|
|
The Judgment of Solomon
Text: from I Kings 3, 17-28 (in Biblical Hebrew)
[Choreography: Ruth Eshel] Multimedia No. 2 out of Four Old Winds
|
27 |
Operatic scene for
children's chorus, fl,
vln, trp, hrn, drum,
and magnetic tape |
6:00 |
1995 |
IMC 866 |
Opus One 181
|
|
|
|
The Mother
After Sami Michael's novel "Pigeons at Trafalgar Square"
Text: Rachel Yona Michael
(in Hebrew and Arabic) |
65 |
Contralto and 4 flutes
|
5:00 |
2005 |
MS |
VMM 1060 |
|
|
|
| * Material
(scores, recordings, publications) connected with all opuses,
may be found in: |
The Music Department
The National Library of Israel
Givat Ram Campus (Hebrew University)
P. O. Box 39105
Jerusalem 91390
ISRAEL
Tel: +972-(0)2-6585060
Fax: +972-(0)2-6586315
Email: music@nli.org.il
|
Archiv Frau
und Musik Arbeitskreis
Heinrich-Hoffmann-strasse 3,
60528 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel: +49(0)69-95-92-86-85
Fax: +49(0)69-95-92-86-90
www.archiv-frau-musik.de
info@archiv-frau-musik.de
|
Israel Music
Information Center
55 Menachem Begin Rd.
POB 51197 67138 Tel Aviv
Tel: +972(0)3-6247095
Fax: +972(0)3-5612826
musicinst@bezeqint.net
www.imi.org.il |
| For
further details concerning handwritten manuscripts, sketches
and compositional processes apply to the National Israeli Library
in the Hebrew University Jerusalem: Archive No. Mus. 121. |
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