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Jul 05, 1897 Munich, Bavaria, Germany Died on 14 Jan 1984 (aged 86)
Israeli composer
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About Paul Ben Haim
- Paul Ben-Haim (or Paul Ben-Chaim, Hebrew: ???? ?? ????) (5 July 1897 – 14 January 1984) was an Israeli composer.
- Born Paul Frankenburger in Munich, Germany, he studied composition with Friedrich Klose and he was assistant conductor to Bruno Walter and Hans Knappertsbusch from 1920 to 1924.
- He served as conductor at Augsburg from 1924 to 1931, and afterwards devoted himself to teaching and composition, including teaching at the Shulamit Conservatory. Ben-Haim emigrated to the then British Mandate of Palestine in 1933 and lived in Tel Aviv, near Zina Dizengoff Square.
- He Hebraized his name, becoming an Israeli citizen upon that nation's independence in 1948.
- He composed chamber music, works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments, and songs.
- He championed a specifically Jewish national music: his own compositions are in a late Romantic vein with Middle Eastern overtones, somewhat similar to Ernest Bloch. His notable students include Eliahu Inbal, Henri Lazarof, Ben-Zion Orgad, Ami Maayani, Shulamit Ran, Rami Bar-Niv and Noam Sheriff.
- See: List of music students by teacher: A to B#Paul Ben-Haim. Ben-Haim won the Israel Prize for music in 1957.
