PAUL BEN-HAIM
5 Juillet 1897, Munich
14 Janvier 1984, Tel-Aviv
 
Paul Ben-Haim : His Life and Works
Jehoash Hirshberg

Professor of Musicology at the University of Jerusalem
Translated from the hebrew by Nathan Friedgut
Israeli Music Publications, Jerusalem 1990 / 2010
ISBN : 9-65259-002-9
The Music of Paul Ben-Haim
A Performance Guide
Hadassah Guttmann
The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Metuchen, N.J. & London 1992
ISBN : 0-81082-551-1
   

Liste des Oeuvres


Piano / Orgue
Suite no. 1 op. 20a (1933)
Suite no. 2 op. 20b (1936)
(Nocturne from Suite op. 20b is published by Negen).
Sephardic Lullaby (1939) 
Five Pieces, Op. 34 (1943) (Edition Negen)
Sonatina, op. 38 (1946) (IMI 7350)
Album for the young, 9 pieces for the piano (1948)
Melody and Variations, Op. 42 (1950) (IMI 7331)
Khamsin (1950)
Sonata op. 49 (1954) (IMI 7348)
Music for Piano, Op. 57 (1957) (IMI7332)
Music for Piano, Op. 67 (1967) (IMI 7333)

Prelude - Calmo (1966) for organ (IMI 7339)

Chambre et Instrumentale
String Quintet in E minor Op. 3 (1919)
String trio (1927)
Piano quartet (1921)
String Quartet op. 21 (1937) (IMI 7351)
Variations on a Hebrew Melody, Op. 22 (1939) for pno, vln & vcl (IMI 7373)
Improvisation and Dance, Op. 30 (1939) for vln & pno (IMI 7323)
Quintet (1941/65) for cl & str qrt, Op.31a (IMI 7342)
Pastorale variée Op. 31b (1945) for cl & pno (IMI 7337)
Sonata in G (1951) for vln solo Op.44 (IMI 7347)
Serenade (1952) for fl, vln, vla & vcl (IMI 7344)
Three Songs without Words (1952) for a-sax & pno  (IMI 7362)
Three Songs without Words (1952) for cl or t-sax & pno (IMI 7363)
Three Songs without Words (1952) for vcl or bn & pno (IMI 7364)
Three Songs without Words (1952) for vla & pno (IMI 7365)
Three Songs without Words (1952) for flute or oboe or violin & pno (IMI 7366)
Three Songs without Words (1952) for flute and harp
Poeme (1959) for hp (IMI 7338)
Canzona (1962), from the Concerto for vcl & ChO) for vcl & pno (IMI 7308)
Sonata a tre, for mandolin, guitar & harpsichord (1968)  (Found in November 2000 in the archives of the Israel National Library.)
Prelude (1973) for str qrt, based on a trad Sephardic tune (IMI 7340)
Music for violoncello, three movements for violoncello solo (1977) (IMI 7335)
Chamber Music (1978) for fl, vla & hp (IMI 7304)
Three studies, violin solo
Berceuse Sefaradite for violin and piano

Orchestre
Hatikva, arr. for orch (1897)
Concerto grosso (1931) for SO (IMI 7310) 
Pan, Symphonic poem (1931)
Pastoral variee for clarinnet, harp and string orchestra (1935)
Symphony No 1 (1940) for SO  (IMI 7353)
Evocation (Yizkor), op. 32 (1942) poeme for vln & SO (IMI 7313)
Symphony No 2, op. 36 (1945) for SO  (IMI 7354)
Concerto for Strings, op. 40 (1947) for StrO (IMI 7309)
Concerto (1949) for pno & SO (IMI 7305)
Fanfare to Israel (1950) for SO (IMI 7314)
From Israel (1951) for ChO (IMI 7316)
Three Songs without Words for orchestra (1952)
The Sweet Psalmist of Israel (1953) 3 symphonic fragments for harpsicord, harp and SO (IMI 7358)
Music for Strings (1956) for StrO (IMI 7334)
To the Chief Musician (1958) for SO (IMI 7370)
Capriccio (1960) for pno & ChO ( IMI 7303)
Dance and Invocation (1960) for SO (IMI 7311)
Concerto (1960) for vln & ChO (IMI 7306)
Interpretation of BACH's Choral Prelude "Vor deinen Thron" (1961) for O (IMI 7324)
Concerto (1962) for vcl & ChO (IMI 7307)
Concerto (1963) for piano
The Eternal Theme (1965) for SO (IMI 7355)
Symphonic Metamorphosis on Bach Chorale (1968) for SO [Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten] (IMI 7352)
Sonata for two mandolinas, guitar, cembalo, harp and string orchestra  (1969) (IMI 7349)
Rhapsody (1971) for pno & StrO (IMI 7343)
Divertimento Concertante (1972) for fl & ChE (IMI 7312)

Voix et piano ou orchestre
The Lord is my Shepherd (1939) for v & pno or org. Text: Psalm XXIII (IMI 7357)
Melodies from the East (1941-5/1970) 5 songs for A & ChO or Piano. Texts: S. Shabazi, H.N. Bialik, M. Tabib & trad (IMI 7330)
  • Kumi Tse'i (Haim Nachman Bialik)
  • Tiyelu kichvassim (Mordechai Tabib)
  • Ani Tsamèh (Shalom Shabasi)

  • Four children songs for Sop. and  piano op. 35 (A lullaby to My doll / The rain / The tired clock / The wind) (Miriam Shtekelis)
    Lullaby for Miriam (1947) for V & ChO. Text: R. Beer-Hoffmann (IMI 7329)
    Three Songs without Words (1952) for voice & pno (IMI 7366)
    Three Songs without Words (1953) for S & ChO: 2/pic,2/ehn,2,2 - 2,0,0,0, hp & str (IMI 7367)
    Three Songs without Words (1967) for voice & 12 str  (IMI 7368)
    A Star Fell Down (1956), 3 songs for Mez & pno. Text: Matti Katz (IMI 7301)
    Arabic Song (1956) arr for Mez or instr & pno (IMI 7302)
  • Flute(s) and Duo Works for Flute
  • Oboe(s) and Duo Works for Oboe and English Horn
  • Clarinet(s), Duo Works for Clarinet and Saxophone(s) 
  • Bassoon and Duo Works for Bassoon(s)
  • Violin(s) and Duets Including Violin 
  • Viola(s) and Duets Including Viola 
  • Violoncello and Duets Including Violoncello 

  • Hatikva, arr. for voice and piano by Paul Ben-Haim (1956)  (IMI 7317)
    The barren women (1957) for Sop. and piano (Rachel)
    Sing, o barren, motet for mixed choir a cappella (1957), text : Isaiah, 54
    Lift Up Your Heads (1961) for S & ChE. Text: Psalms (IMI 7326)
    Myrtle Blossoms from Eden (1965) song cycle for S, Mez or Bar & pno. Texts: Y. Halevi, Song of Songs, Proverbs (IMI 7336)
    Bat yonim, The Little Dove for A or Bar & pno, after a Sephardic tune. Text: H. N. Bialik (IMI 7356)
    Two Songs for Mez or Bar & pno (IMI 7371)
    Two Songs for S & pno (IMI 7372)
    May your Table ever be prepared for Sop. and piano (Anda Pinkerfeld-Amir)

    Choeur
    Psalm CXXVI (1929) for 8-part men's choir (IMI 7341)
    Yoram (1933) oratorio for S, T, Bar, B, mixed choir & SO.Text: R. Borchardt (IMI 7374)
    Ma Tovu (Morning Prayer) (1946) from Liturgical Cantata for Bar, mixed choir & ChO (IMI 7328)
    MiMa'amakim Keraticha (1948) (Psalm 130)
    HaTaleh (1949) for TTB (Tschernichovsky, Shaul)
    Liturgical Cantata (1950) for Bar, mixed choir & ChO. Text: Psalms, Morning Prayer (IMI 7327)
    Eso Eynay, I'll Lift Up Mine Eyes (1951) motet for mixed choir. Text: Psalm 121, v. 8 (IMI 7322)
    A Book of Verses (1953) for 6-part choir (SAATTB). Text: Ruba'iyyat of Omar Khayyam (IMI 7300)
    Roni Akarah, Sing, O Barren (1957) motet for mixed choir. Text: Isaiah 54 (IMI 7345)
    Thou Shalt No More (1957) for mixed choir. Text: Isaiah (IMI 7360)
    Lo Ye'amer Lach Od Azuvah (1958) (Isaiah 62)
    Yefeh Nof (1958) Halevi, Yehudah
    Vision of a Prophet (O Ye Dry Bones) (1959) cantata for T, mixed choir & SO. Text: Ezekiel  (IMI 7359)
    Three Psalms for San Francisco (1962) for S, Bar, mixed choir & SO  (IMI 7361)
    Hodaya min HaMidbar, Hymn from the Desert (1963) for S, Bar, mixed choir & SO. Text: from the Dead Sea Scrolls (IMI 7321)
    Kabbalai Shabbat, Friday Evening Service (1967) for S, cantor, mixed choir & ChE (IMI 7315)
    Six Sephardic Folksongs (1970) arr for mixed choir (IMI 7346) from Yitzhak Levi's "Book of Romances and Folksongs of the Sephardi Jews"
    1. Avre Este Abajour
    2. En El Vergel
    3. La Rosa Enflorece
    4. Puncha, Puncha
    5. Tres Hermanicas Eran
    6. Yo M'enamori
    Kedusha (Sanctification) (1971) for B, mixed choir & org (IMI 7325)
    Hitrag'ut (Repose)

    Film
    "Hill 24 Doesn't Answer" (1954) music to film for SO (IMI 7320)

     
     
    Paul Ben-Haim
    Works entrusted recently to the IMI
      A Book of Verses (1953) for 6-part choir (SAATTB). Text: Ruba'iyyat of Omar Khayyam (IMI 7300)
      Star Fell Down (1956), 3 songs for Mez & pno. Text: Matti   Katz (IMI 7301)
      Arabic Song (1956)arr for Mez or instr & pno (IMI 7302)
      Capriccio (1960) for pno & ChO ( IMI 7303)
      Chamber Music (1978) for fl, vla & hp (IMI 7304)
      Concerto (1949) for pno & SO (IMI 7305)
      Concerto (1960) for vln & ChO (IMI 7306)
      Concerto (1962) for vcl & ChO (IMI 7307)
      Canzona (1962; from the Concerto for vcl & ChO) for vcl & pno (IMI 7308)
      Concerto for Strings, op. 40 (1947) for StrO (IMI 7309)
      Concerto grosso for SO (IMI 7310)
      Dance and Invocation (1960) for SO (IMI 7311)
      Divertimento Concertante (1972) for fl & ChE (IMI 7312)
      Evocation (Yizkor), op. 32 (1942) poeme for vln & SO (IMI 7313)
      Fanfare to Israel (1950) for SO (IMI 7314)
      Friday Evening Service (1967) for S, cantor, mixed choir & ChE (IMI 7315)
      From Israel (1951) for ChO (IMI 7316)
      Hatikva, Israeli national anthem, trad., arr for SO (IMI 7317)
      "Hill 24 Doesn't Answer" (1954) music to film for SO (IMI 7320)
      Hymn from the Desert (1963) for S, Bar, mixed choir & SO. Text: from the Dead Sea Scrolls (IMI 7321)
      I'll Lift Up Mine Eyes (1951) motet for mixed choir. Text: Psalms (IMI 7322)
      Improvisation and Dance (1939) for vln & pno (IMI 7323)
      Interpretation of BACH's Choral Prelude "Vor deinen Thron" (1961) for O (IMI 7324)
      Kedusha (Sanctification) (1971) for B, mixed choir & org (IMI 7325)
      Lift Up Your Heads (1961) for S & ChE. Text: Psalms (IMI 7326)
      Liturgical Cantata (1950) for Bar, mixed choir & ChO. Text: Psalms, Morning Prayer (IMI 7327)
      Ma Tovu (Morning Prayer) (1946) from Liturgical Cantata for Bar, mixed choir & ChO (IMI 7328)
      Lullaby for Miriam (1947) for V & ChO. Text: R. Beer-Hoffmann (IMI 7329)
      Melodies from the East (1941-5/1970) 5 songs for A & ChO. Texts: S. Shabazi, H.N. Bialik, M. Tabib & trad (IMI 7330)
      Melody and Variations (1950) for pno (IMI 7331)
      Music for Piano (1957) (IMI 7332)
      Music for Piano (1967) (IMI 7333)
      Music for Strings (1956) for StrO (IMI 7334)
      Music for Violoncello (1977; IMI 7335)
      Myrtle Blossoms from Eden (1965) song cycle for S, Mez or Bar & pno.  Texts: Y. Halevi, Song of Songs, Proverbs (IMI 7336)
      Pastorale variee (1945) for cl & pno (IMI 7337)
      Poeme (1959) for hp (7338)
      Prelude (1966) for org (IMI 7339)
      Prelude (1973) for str qrt, based on a trad Sephardic tune  (IMI 7340)
      Psalm CXXVI (1929) for 8-part men's choir (IMI 7341)
      Quintet (1941/65) for cl & str qrt (IMI 7342)
      Rhapsody (1971) for pno & StrO (IMI 7343)
      Serenade (1952) for fl, vln, vla & vcl (IMI 7344)
      Sing, O Barren (1957) motet for mixed choir. Text: Iasiah (IMI 7345)
      Six Sephardic Folksongs (1970) arr for mixed choir (IMI 7346)
      Sonata in G (1951) for vln (IMI 7347)
      Sonata (1954) for pno (IMI 7348)
      Sonata (1969) for StrO  (IMI 7349)
      Sonatina, op. 38 (1946) for pno  (IMI 7350)
      String Quartet (1937) IMI 7351
      String Quintet in E minor Op. 3 (1919) IMI 7922
    Symphonic Metamorphosis on Bach Chorale (1968) for SO [Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten] (IMI 7352)
      Symphony No 1 (1940) for SO  (IMI 7353)
      Symphony No 2, op. 36 (1945) for SO  (IMI 7354)
      The Eternal Theme (1965) for SO (IMI 7355)
      The Little Dove for A or Bar & pno, after a Sephardic tune. Text: H. N. Bialik (IMI 7356)
      The Lord is my Shepherd (1939) for v & pno or org. Text: Psalm XXIII ((IMI 7357)
      The Sweet Psalmist of Israel (1953) 3 symphonic fragments for SO (IMI 7358)
      The Visions of a Prophet (O Ye Dry Bones) (1959) cantata for T, mixed choir & SO. Text: Ezekiel  (IMI 7359)
      Thou Shalt No More (1957) for mixed choir. Text: Isaiah (IMI 7360)
      Three Psalms (1962) for S, Bar, mixed choir & SO  (IMI 7361)
      Three Songs without Words (1952) for a-sax & pno  (IMI 7362)
      Three Songs without Words (1952) for cl or t-sax & pno (IMI 7363)
      Three Songs without Words (1952) for vcl or bn & pno (IMI 7364)
      Three Songs without Words (1952) for vla & pno (IMI 7365)
      Three Songs without Words (1952) voice or flute or oboe or vl & pno (IMI 7366)
      Three Songs without Words (1953) for voice & ChO: (IMI 7367)
      Three Songs without Words (1967) for S & ChO: 2/pic,2/ehn,2,2 - 2,0,0,0, hp & str  (IMI 7368)
      To the Chief Musician (1958) for SO (IMI 7370)
      Two Songs for Mez or Bar & pno (IMI 7371)
      Two Songs for S & pno (IMI 7372)
      Variations on a Hebrew Melody (1939) for pno, vln & vcl (IMI 7373)
      Yoram (1933) oratorio for S, T, Bar, B, mixed choir & SO. Text: R. Borchardt (IMI 7374)