BEN-HAIM (Frankenburger), PAUL
- BEN-HAIM (Frankenburger), PAUL
- BEN-HAIM (Frankenburger), PAUL
(1897–1984), Israeli composer, one of the leading founders of Israeli
art music. Ben-Haim was born in Munich. His father, Heinrich, was a
respected professor of law. In 1920 Ben-Haim graduated from the Munich
Academy of Music as conductor, composer, and pianist, and then was
assistant to bruno walter at the Munich Opera. In 1924 he became
Kapellmeister of the Augsburg Opera. While in Germany he composed about
80 lieder as well as chamber and orchestral works (e.g., Concerto
Grosso, 1931) which were very well received. In 1929 he met the
Jewish composer Heinrich Schalit (1886–1976), who encouraged him to
write a series of Jewish-oriented choral works to biblical verses. In
October 1933 he settled in Tel Aviv and changed his name to Ben-Haim. He
dedicated himself to composition and to teaching at the Jerusalem
Academy of Music and at the Music Teachers Training College in Tel Aviv.
Some of Israel's best composers were his private composition students.
As a highly prolific and inspired composer, Ben-Haim found the way to
retain his cherished European heritage, with his admiration for J.S.
Bach (as in his Metamorphosis on a Bach
Chorale) and special liking for
Debussy and Ravel (Sonatina) and with his commitment to the
ideology of the vision of the East (his striking Sonata à tré
for mandolin, guitar, and harpsichord). From 1939 until 1955 he
collaborated with the unique Yemenite singer bracha zephira as
pianist and arranger of 35 of her traditional songs, most of which he
quoted in his chamber and orchestral works. His music was well received
and frequently performed worldwide by great conductors and soloists,
among them leonard bernstein , yehudi menuhin ,
jascha heifetz , and menahem pressler . Ben-Haim's
orchestral works include two symphonies (1940 and 1945); concertos for
piano (1949), violin (1960), and cello (1962); the symphonic movements
Sweet Psalmist of Israel (1953) which were awarded the Israel
Prize in 1957; Liturgical Cantata (1950); the cantatas
Vision of a Prophet (1959), Three Psalms (1952),
and Kabbalat Shabbat (1967). Ben-Haim founded the genre of
the Hebrew Lieder to poems by prominent poets such as bialik ,
Sh. Shalom , lea goldberg , and Raḥel . He
composed a String Quartet, a Clarinet Quintet, a
Piano Trio (Variations on a Hebrew Tune), a Piano
Sonata (1953) and several suites for piano, and a Solo Violin
Sonata.
-ADD. BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Grove online; MGG2; P. Gradenwitz, The
Music of Israel (1996), 351–57; J. Hirshberg, Paul Ben-Haim,
His Life and Works (1990).
(Peter Emanuel Gradenwitz /
Jehoash Hirshberg (2nd ed.)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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