Historical dictionary of sacred music

BENHAIM, PAUL

(Paul Frankenburger)
(5 July 1897, Munich – 14 January 1984, Tel Aviv)
Composer, pianist, conductor, he left Germany in 1933 with the Nazi takeover and moved to Tel Aviv. A long collaboration with folksinger Bracha Zephira (1910– 1990) provided inspiration and material for his music, which includes {}The Sweet Psalmist of Israel(1957),Kabbalai Shabbat(1968), anoratorio, twocantatas, amotet, and threepsalms, as well as secular compositions. Paralysis resulting from a car accident in 1972 in Munich severely curtailed his musical activities.

  1. benhaim, paul—Israeli composer. Born in Munich he settled in Tel Aviv in . He helped create the eastern Mediterranean school of composition. His compositions evoke the pastoral atmosph...Dictionary of Jewish Biography