Naomi Shemer | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Naomi Sapir |
Born | July 13, 1930 |
Origin | Kvutzat Kinneret (present-day Israel) |
Died | June 26, 2004 Tel Aviv, Israel |
(aged 73)
Genres | World |
Occupations | Singer, songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals |
Naomi Shemer (Hebrew: נעמי שמר; July 13, 1930 – June 26, 2004) was a leading[1] Israeli songwriter hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry."[2][3]
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Naomi Sapir was born on Kvutzat Kinneret, a kibbutz her parents had helped found, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. In the 1950s she served in the Israeli Defense Force's Nahal entertainment troupe, and studied music at the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem. She first married actor Gideon Shemer and had a daughter, Lali. They were later divorced; she went on to marry attorney Mordechai Horowitz, with whom she had a son, Ariel.[4]
Shemer continued to write and perform until her death. She died of cancer in 2004, aged 73.
Shemer did her own songwriting and composing, set famous poems to music, such as those of the Israeli poet, Rachel, and adapted well-known songs into Hebrew, such as the Beatles songs "Let It Be."
She composed in 1963 Hurshat Ha'Eucalyptus (The Eucalyptus Grove), a song that evokes Kvutzat Kinneret where she was born,[5] and sung in a recent version by Ishtar.
In 1983, Shemer received the Israel Prize for Hebrew song (words and melody).[6]
In 2005, she was voted the 6th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[7]
Tomorrow | On The Jordan | The White Town |
A Chariot of Fire | Lights Out | Black Coffee |
My Soldier is Back | Fields at Sunset | Green Meadows |
Four Brothers | Soldiers En Route | A Song For Gideon |
The Long Hike | The Builders' Love | Yesternight |
Look For Me | Men At Work! | The Two of Us |
We Are Starving! | In Such a Night | A Lament |
An Umbrella For Two | The Clown | Just For You |
My Dream House | Ophelia | Night on the Shore |
Anniversary Song | The Spy-Girl | Answers |
My Flute | A Serenade | A City in Grey |
Twelve Months | Flowers, Herbs, Etc. | Jerusalem of Gold |
A Short Walk | The Market Song | On Silver Wings |
My Fathers Song | Night on the Park | Lullaby for Colors |
Land of Lahadam | Funny Faces | For Children |
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Land of Lahadam | Beautiful People | Rosh-Hashana |
Nachal in Sinai | Sixteen | Shlomit |
Maoz Tsur | Mr. Narcissus | Aleph-Beit |
The Sacrifice of Isaac | The Witches | When Adar Comes |
Giora | A Special Lullaby | Let's Say |
All We Pray For | Shem, Cham, & Yefet | I Have a Friend |
A Song is Born | The Shark | On the Move |
Things we Have | Paranoid | Summer Holiday |
Bethlehem | Two Street-Photographers | Tall Stories |
Why Did Michael Laugh | How to Break a Chamsin | |
Ruchama | ||
Yesh Li Chag | ||
It's Late | ||
Shalom Kitah Aleph | ||
To Sing Like a Jordan |
Songs | Poems | Imported Wine | Children Everywhere | Columns from Davar |
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Al Kol Eleh | Omrim Yeshna Eretz | Oifen Veg Stait a Bhoim | Children Everywhere | Shalom, Ida Nudel |
Good People | Hoi Artzi Moladti | Si Tous les Oiseaux | Grapefruit | Pardes-Hanna |
Shirat Ha'Asavim | Come & Sing | Le Testament | Autumn | It's Raining |
Cheveley Mashiach | Kinneret | La Non-Demande en Mariage | Our Benjamin | Yehuda |
Tapuach Bi'Dvash | Begani | Il n'y a pas d'Amour Heureux | The Piano | Vintage Days |
New Babylon | Zemer | Un Amour de Vingt Ans | ||
Yif'at | Metai | Les Souliers | ||
Tammuz | Rachel | O Imitoos | ||
Spring Parade | Ki Sa'art Alai | Sur le Chemin du Retour | ||
The Eighth Day | The Third Mother | Barbara | ||
Summer | Your Lily-White Feet | Dedication | ||
Noa | A Lament | |||
Zamar Noded | My Sudden Death | |||
Landmarks | Let's go to the Field | |||
My Town in the Snow | ||||
Lots of Love | ||||
The party is Over | ||||
Ein Davar | ||||
El Borot Ha'Mayim |
Uncategorized | 6 Songs for Yehoram Gaon | 11 Personal Belongings for Moshe Beker | 5 Songs for Rivka Michaeli | Hebrew Versions | 6 Children Songs | Lyrics for Mattai Caspi's Music |
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Light | Kemo Katsav | Personal Belongings | Street Musicians | Musica | Chanuka | Shulamit |
The Guest | You Can't Beat Me | Swan Girl | Global Patrol | Willow Songs | Tu Bishvat | Simchati |
We Aren't There Yet | You're the Best | Old Flame | Not Bialik | Ne Me Quitte Pas | Pesach | Farewll |
Ir Va'Em | Good Morning | Flower | Never a Dull Moment | One Little Kid | ||
My Mother's Portrait | Libavtini | Prelude | Upside Down | |||
Noga | Black Princess | Sister | ||||
The Bread of Love | Roof | |||||
After the Harvest | Gai | |||||
Summer White | Strawberry | |||||
The Flour Jar | Time | |||||
Pardes-Chana II | September First | |||||
I'm a Guitar | ||||||
To Light a Candle | ||||||
Your Sons From Afar | ||||||
Hal'ah | ||||||
Safed | ||||||
On the Boardwalk | ||||||
Shana Tova | ||||||
It's All Open | ||||||
Cafe Tiferet | ||||||
My Young Disaster | ||||||
Dancing |