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Naomi Shemer 
Background information Birth name Naomi Sapir Born July 13, 1930 Origin Kvutzat Kinneret (present-day Israel) Died June 26, 2004 (aged 73)
Tel Aviv, IsraelGenres World Occupations Singer, songwriter Instruments Vocals Naomi Shemer (Hebrew: נעמי שמר; July 13, 1930 – June 26, 2004) was a leading[1] Israeli songwriter hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry."[2][3]
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Biography
Naomi Sapir was born on Kvutzat Kinneret, a kibbutz her parents had helped found, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. In the 1950s she served in the Israeli Defense Force's Nahal entertainment troupe, and studied music at the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem. She first married actor Gideon Shemer and had a daughter, Lali. They were later divorced; she went on to marry attorney Mordechai Horowitz, with whom she had a son, Ariel.[4]
Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer's grave on the shores of the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret). The stones were left by visitors, in keeping with an ancient Jewish custom
Death
Shemer continued to write and perform until her death. She died of cancer in 2004, aged 73.
Songwriting career
Shemer did her own songwriting and composing, set famous poems to music, such as those of the Israeli poet, Rachel, and adapted well-known songs into Hebrew, such as the Beatles songs "Hey Jude."[citation needed]
She composed in 1963 Hurshat Ha'Eucalyptus (The Eucalyptus Grove), a song that evokes Kvutzat Kinneret where she was born,[5] and sung in a recent version by Ishtar.
Awards
In 1983, Shemer received the Israel Prize for Hebrew song (words and melody).[6]
In 2005, she was voted the 6th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[7]
Works
- All My Songs (Almost), 1967, published by Yedioth Ahronoth
Tomorrow On The Jordan The White Town A Chariot of Fire Lights Out Black Coffee My Soldier is Back Fields at Sunset Green Meadows Four Brothers Soldiers En Route A Song For Gideon The Long Hike The Builders' Love Yesternight Look For Me Men At Work! The Two of Us We Are Starving! In Such a Night A Lament An Umbrella For Two The Clown Just For You My Dream House Ophelia Night on the Shore Anniversary Song The Spy-Girl Answers My Flute A Serenade A City in Grey Twelve Months Flowers, Herbs, Etc. Jerusalem of Gold A Short Walk The Market Song On Silver Wings My Fathers Song Night on the Park Lullaby for Colors - The Second Book, copyright 1975, published by Lulav
Land of Lahadam Funny Faces For Children Land of Lahadam Beautiful People Rosh-Hashana Nachal in Sinai Sixteen Shlomit Maoz Tsur Mr. Narcissus Aleph-Beit The Sacrifice of Isaac The Witches When Adar Comes Giora A Special Lullaby Let's Say All We Pray For Shem, Cham, & Yefet I Have a Friend A Song is Born The Shark On the Move Things we Have Paranoid Summer Holiday Bethlehem Two Street-Photographers Tall Stories Why Did Michael Laugh How to Break a Chamsin Ruchama Yesh Li Chag It's Late Shalom Kitah Aleph To Sing Like a Jordan - Number Three (Sefer Gimel), copyright 1982, published by Lulav
Songs Poems Imported Wine Children Everywhere Columns from Davar Al Kol Eleh Omrim Yeshna Eretz Oifen Veg Stait a Bhoim Children Everywhere Shalom, Ida Nudel Good People Hoi Artzi Moladti Si Tous les Oiseaux Grapefruit Pardes-Hanna Shirat Ha'Asavim Come & Sing Le Testament Autumn It's Raining Cheveley Mashiach Kinneret La Non-Demande en Mariage Our Benjamin Yehuda Tapuach Bi'Dvash Begani Il n'y a pas d'Amour Heureux The Piano Vintage Days New Babylon Zemer Un Amour de Vingt Ans Yif'at Metai Les Souliers Tammuz Rachel O Imitoos Spring Parade Ki Sa'art Alai Sur le Chemin du Retour The Eighth Day The Third Mother Barbara Summer Your Lily-White Feet Dedication Noa A Lament Zamar Noded My Sudden Death Landmarks Let's go to the Field My Town in the Snow Lots of Love The party is Over Ein Davar El Borot Ha'Mayim - Book Four (Sefer Arbah), copyright 1995, published by Shva Publishers
Uncategorized 6 Songs for Yehoram Gaon 11 Personal Belongings for Moshe Beker 5 Songs for Rivka Michaeli Hebrew Versions 6 Children Songs Lyrics for Mattai Caspi's Music Light Kemo Katsav Personal Belongings Street Musicians Musica Chanuka Shulamit The Guest You Can't Beat Me Swan Girl Global Patrol Willow Songs Tu Bishvat Simchati We Aren't There Yet You're the Best Old Flame Not Bialik Ne Me Quitte Pas Pesach Farewll Ir Va'Em Good Morning Flower Never a Dull Moment One Little Kid My Mother's Portrait Libavtini Prelude Upside Down Noga Black Princess Sister The Bread of Love Roof After the Harvest Gai Summer White Strawberry The Flour Jar Time Pardes-Chana II September First I'm a Guitar To Light a Candle Your Sons From Afar Hal'ah Safed On the Boardwalk Shana Tova It's All Open Cafe Tiferet My Young Disaster Dancing See also
References
- ^ "'Jerusalem of Gold,' Israel Festival Song, Strikes Gold". Billboard. October 21, 1967. http://books.google.com/books?id=JUUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT10&dq=%22naomi+shemer%22+leading+songwriter#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
- ^ Ben-Nun, Sagui; Avivi, Gidi (June 27, 2004). "Naomi Shemer: First lady of Israeli song". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/naomi-shemer-first-lady-of-israeli-song-1.126436. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
- ^ Colton, Miriam (July 2, 2004). "A Nation Mourns Naomi Shemer, Iconic Songstress". Forward. http://www.forward.com/articles/4929/. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
- ^ "Naomi Shemer 1930–2004". Haaretz. Haaretz.com. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=444039&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y+. Retrieved August 27, 2007.
- ^ Haaretz, July 7, 2008
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1983 (in Hebrew)". http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashmag/Tashnab_Tashmag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashmag.
- ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
External links
- Obituary for Naomi Shemer
- Tikkun Toronto
- Basque Folk tune, inspiration for Jerusalem of Gold
- Saxon, Wolfgang. Naomi Shemer, 74, Poet and Composer, Dies, New York Times obituary, June 29, 2004 (retrieved January 26, 2010)
- Google celebrated Naomi Shemer’s 80th Birthday with special logotype
Categories:- 1930 births
- 2004 deaths
- Cancer deaths in Israel
- Israel Prize in Hebrew song recipients
- Israel Prize women recipients
- Israeli composers
- Israeli female singers
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli poets
- Israeli songwriters
- Jews in Ottoman and British Palestine
- People from Tel Aviv
- Women composers
- Women poets
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