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Piano – Organ – Harpsichord – Spinet
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.COMP. YEAR | WORK | DETAILS | TIME [IMI Cat.] | PREMIERE | LINKS | היצירה |
1931 | Pieces | for piano four hands | 6′ [7754] | (unknown) | ![]() ![]() | קטעים לפסנתר בארבע ידיים |
1934 | Three Preludes | for piano | 3′ [8495] | Grünthal (1944, Jerusalem) | ![]() ![]() | שלושה פרלודים לפסנתר |
1936 | Chaconne | for piano | 10′ [6612] | (unknown) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | שאקונה לפסנתר |
1937 | Three Pieces | for piano | 10′ [6611] | Grünthal (1939, Jerusalem) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | שלושה קטעים לפסנתר |
1945 | Cum Mortuis In Lingua Mortua | 7 Variations for piano on a theme by Moussorgsky | 22′ [6607] | Grünthal (Nov. 19/25, 1945, Jerusalem) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | עם המתים בשפה מתה |
1946 | Six Sonnets | for piano | 8′ [6625] | Grünthal (Mar, 1, 1948, Radio transmission) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | שש סונֶטות לפסנתר |
1949 | Sonata | for piano | 13′ [6626] | Grünthal (1950, Tel Aviv) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | סונטה לפסנתר |
1951 | A Little Walk | for piano four hands. First Studies in Prima Vista Reading | 3′ [7755] | (never performed) | ![]() ![]() | טיול קטן |
1951 | By the Rivers of Babylon – for “The Ascent to Jerusalem” (choreography by Deborah Bertonoff) | for piano | ~3′ [8505] | Tal (1952, Jerusalem) | ![]() ![]() See also: WORKS>CHAMBER>1934 By the Rivers of Babylon | על נהרות בבל – מתוך מוסיקה לכוראוגרפיה “העולה לירושלים” של דבורה ברטונוב |
1956 | Five Inventions | for Piano | 6′ [6627] | Vera Lengyel (1961) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | חמש אינוונציות לפסנתר |
1962 | Concerto No. 4 | for piano & electronic music | 15′ (archived at composer’s request) | Tal (1962, Tel Aviv) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | קונצ’רטו מס’ 4 לפסנתר וסרט מגנטי |
1962 | Dodecaphonic Episodes | for piano | 8′ [040] | Tal (1961, Tel Aviv) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | אפיזודות דודקפוניות לפסנתר |
1964 | Concerto No. 5 | for piano & electronic music | 17′ [068] | Gerty Blacher-Herzog (1964, Berlin) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | קונצ’רטו מס’ 5 לפסנתר וסרט מגנטי |
1964 (Rev. 1977) | Concerto | for harpsichord & electronic accompaniment | 14′ [069] | Frank Pelleg (1964, Tel Aviv) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | קונצ’רטו לצ’מבלו וסרט מגנטי |
1970 | Concerto No. 6 | for piano & electronic music | 15′ [164] | Tal (1970, Jerusalem) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | קונצ’רטו מס’ 6 לפסנתר וסרט מגנטי |
1973 | Boassonatina | for spinet | 5′ [8621] | Christine Schornsheim (Cembalo, München, 2022) | ![]() ![]() | בועזסונטינה לספינט |
1975 | Five Densities | for piano | 5′ [449] | Arnan Wiesel (1990, Tel Aviv) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | חמש צפיפויות |
1983 | Salva venia | for organ | 15′ [6489] | Oscar Gottlieb Blarr (1984, Düsseldorf) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | בכל הכבוד |
1986 | Essay I | for piano | 14′ [7096] | Alan Sternfield (1987, Israel) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | מסה 1 |
1988 | A Tale in Four Parts | for piano 4-hands | 5′ [6711] | Verter / Weiman (1990, Tel Aviv) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | סיפור בארבעה חלקים |
1988 | Essay II | for piano | 8′ [7096] | unknown | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | מסה 2 |
1989 | Essay III | for piano | 5′ [7096] | Alan Sternfield (1990, Jerusalem) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | מסה 3 |
1997 | Essay IV | for piano | 5′ [7096] | Jeffrey Burns (1998, Düsseldorf) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | מסה 4 |
2000 | Essay V | for piano | 6′ [7096] | Yitzhaki, (Tel Aviv, 2020) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | מסה 5 |