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Jerusalem Conservatorium Orchestra (1939)
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| COMP. YEAR | WORK | DETAILS | TIME [IMI Cat.] | PREMIERE | LINKS | היצירה |
| 1936 | On the Way | Three songs for women’s quartet or women’s choir. Texts: Rachel Bluwstein (H) | 7′ [7728] | (never performed) | Mnscrpt | בדרך |
| 1949 | Aleinu Leshabe’ach (1st version) | for choir, solo & organ | 5′ [unpbl.] | Max Helfman / David Putterman (1949, New York) | Mnscrpt Program (1949) Articles (E) | עלינו לשבח |
| 1949 | The Mother Rejoices | symphonic cantata Text: Book of Maccabees 2 (7), Psalms 92 | 13′ [archived at composer’s request] | Freudenthal (1953, Jerusalem) | Freudenthal (1962) Mnscrpt (I) (II) Vienna lecture 1956 (D) Articles (E, H, D) | אם הבנים שמחה |
| 1952 | 3 Songs for Choir: – Moladeti – Ma Yafu Peamayich – Elohim Esh’ala | On themes by Sara Levi | 11′ [?] | Tal (1953, Jerusalem) | Tal (1957) Mnscrpt Score Ron (E) (H) Article (H) | שלשה שירים למקהלה – מולדתי – מה יפו פעמיך – אלוהים אשאלה |
| 1954 | Aleinu Leshabe’ach (2nd version) | for tenor solo, 3 voices women choir, & piano (organ) Text: Siddur, Shalom Shabazi | 5′ [7772] | (never performed) | Mnscrpt | עלינו לשבח |
| 1955 | Succot Cantata | for soloists, mixed choir & orchestra. Text: Shacharit, El’azar HaKalir | 13′ [008] | Tal (30 SEP. 1955, Jerusalem) | Tal (1955) Mnscrpt Text (D, H) Vienna lecture (D) | קנטטה לסוכות |
| After 1962 | God Full of Mercy | for mixed choir. Text: Yehuda Amichai (1962) | 5′ [7774] | (never performed) | Mnscrpt | אל מלא רחמים – למקהלה מעורבת |
| 1967 | The Death of Moses | requiem for soloists, mixed choir, orchestra & electronic music Text: Yehuda Ya’ari | 33′ [127] | Bertini (1967, Jerusalem) | Bertini (1967) Mnscrpt (I) + texts (H+E) (II) Tal note (D) (D) (H) Ron (H) (E) Articles (E, D, H) | קינה על מות משה |
| 1968 | Parade of the Fallen (Misdar Ha’Noflim) | cantata for soloists, choir & orchestra Text: Haim Heffer | 23′ [135] | Mendi Rodan (1969, Jerusalem) | Bertini (1970) Heffer libretto (H) (E) Row Scheme Mnscrpt Piano Ed. (H) טל – הערה (H) Articles (H, D. E, F) | מסדר הנופלים |
| 1975 | Death Came to the Wooden Horse Michael | for soloists, mixed choir & electronic music Text: Nathan Zach | 18′ [330] | Avner Itai (1979, Jerusalem) | Itai (1995) Mnscrpt Tal note (E) (H) Poem (H) (E) Articles | המוות בא אל סוס העץ מיכאל |
| 1978 | With All Thy Soul | cantata for soloists, equal voices boys’ choir, mixed choir & ensemble. Text: Shema Yisrael, 1 Maccabees (Apocrypha) | 19′ [6162] | Bertini (1978, Jerusalem) | Bertini (1978) Mnscrpt (I) (II) Tal note (E) (H) ראיון טל-לנדאו 1979 (H) Articles (E) (H) | בכל נפשך |
| 1985 | Dream of the Circles | for baritone, choir & ensemble. Text: Nachman of Breslov | 20′ [6528] | Avner Itai (1985, Tel Aviv) | Itai (1992) Mnscrpt טקסט (H) טל – הערה (H) Articles | חלום העיגולים |
| 1987 | Touch a Place | for solo voice & choir. Text: Israel Eliraz | 6′ [6583] | Arnon Meroz (1987, Jerusalem) | Meroz (1987) Mnscrpt | לגעת מקום |
