Haim Alexander

Haim Alexander (Hebrew: חיים אלכסנדר; August 9, 1915 – March 18, 2012) an Israeli composer and music educator. Biography Alexander was born in Berlin, Germany on August 9, 1915. He was a student at the Stern Conservatory in his native city but persecution from the Nazi Party forced him to leave in 1936. That same year he emigrated to Palestine. He studied piano and composition with Irma and Stefan Wolpe at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Alexander also did work transcribing tradition Jewish music into musical notation for at the National Sound Archives at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. He was the recipient of several awards, including the Engel Prize in 1956 and the Artur Rubinstein Prize in 1973. In 1996 he received the ACUM Golden Feather Prize for lifetime achievement. Alexander died in Jerusalem on March 18, 2012. Selected works *6 Israeli Dances, fo piano, 1951 *Artza To our Country , for orchestra, 1951 *Ve’kibatzti etkhem I Will Even Gather You , for SATB chorus, 1952 *Bnot kol Sound Figures , for piano, 1965 *Nabut, ballet, 1971 *Tavniot Patterns , for piano, 1973; revised 1975 *Piano Concerto, for piano and orchestra, 1982 *Shirei Ahavah ve’Tzippia