Death of an Israeli composer

Death of an Israeli composer

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norman lebrecht

August 27, 2014

Yehezkel Braun, a leading composer of choral and orchestral music, has died at the age of 92.

He was a product of the German cultural hothouse that was Breslau (now Wroclaw) and immersed himself unfashionably in Gregorian chant, achieving music of translucent beauty.

Some of his songs achieved near-pop status on national radio.

yehezkel braun

Piano sonata, 2006:

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