ISRAEL

W H AT A R E TH E E L E M E N T S US E D I N TH E M U S I C
OF I S RA E L ?

• Rhythm • Throaty, guttural voice

• Complicated metric system and modes of • Form
Middle East • Improvisatory
• Melody • Harmony/Texture
• Complex modal system • Heterophonic and highly ornamented
• Timbre
 WHAT IS THE MUSICAL
BACKGROUND OF ISRAEL?

• Israel’s music is heavily influenced by its neighboring countries. It combines

their ethnic, western, and eastern music. It is composed of two major
forces; Zionist Movement which encouraged the creation and dissemination
of Israeli folk music; and Political Struggle against Fascism which led many
European-born musicians to flee to the Holy Land.
• Zionist musicians composed hundreds of short simple folk songs for
dissemination to other Israelites.
 ISRAEL HAS ALSO REFINED A
RICH TRADITION OF CLASSICAL
EUROPEAN MUSIC. MUSIC IS
IMPORTANT AS A
REINFORCEMENT OF THEIR
IDENTITY.
 TWO DIVISIONS OF JEWISH MUSIC

DEVOTIONAL SECULAR

• More on vocal music • Uses instrumental and

• Shofar, a musical
instrument used to call for
prayer and repentance
• Attribute Sabbath and
other holy days
vocal music
• Music is used for the
passage event
• Mostly use rhythmic and
popular romantic text
 INFLUENCE FROM RUSSIA AND
MIDDLE EAST

RUSSIA MIDDLE EAST

• Folk tunes and musical • SOUND OF LOCAL Arab music

style • Oriental music traditions
• Pop and rock from Greece
• Minor key
(W,H,W,W,H,W,W) • Melismatic ornamentation
• Nasal
• Modal swinging
• Homophonic texture
 WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTIC OF
MUSIC OF ISRAEL?

• The music of Israel reflects its mood, history, dreams and

aspirations. Its melody and lyrics enter deep into soul of
people.
• Other characteristics of the music of Israel:
• The use of minor keys
• Dance rhythms have strong off beats and asymmetric meters
• Lyrics relate to the Israeli experience (major wards, military
conflicts, army life, longing to peace)
• Distinctive vocal style
 ZUM GALI GALI

• It is a traditional song related to the

formation of the State of Israel, originating
sometime around its creation in 1948.
• It has a fast tempo with a wide range
melodic line. It is usually sung with
accompaniment and is a repetitive chant.
 ZU M G AL I G AL I G A LI Z U M
G AL I G AL I

ZU M G AL I G AL I G A LI Z U M
G AL I G AL I

H EC H AL U T Z LE 'M AN AV O D A H

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H EC H A LU T Z LE ' MA N AV O D A H

ZU M G AL I G AL I G A LI Z U M
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ZU M G AL I G AL I G A LI Z U M
G AL I G AL I
INSTRUMENTS OF ISRAEL
 SHOFAR

Israel uses the

shofar or the
silver trumpets
to signal the
arrival of
enemy in
 RIQ
Used in both folk
and classical
music form of the
Arabs.
 HARP
The harp is a stringed
musical instrument
that has a number of
individual strings
running at an angle to
its soundboard; the
strings are plucked
with the fingers.
ASSIGNMENT
SING THE SONG “ZUM GALI
GALI”

It can be perform solo or as a group ( 2-5

members)
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