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Naomi Shemer
Naomi Shemer (Hebrew: נעמי שמר; 13 July 1930 – 26 June 2004) was a popular Israeli musician and songwriter, hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry." Her song "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" ("Jerusalem of Gold"), written in 1967, became an unofficial second anthem after Israel won the Six-Day War that year and annexed Jerusalem.
Naomi Sapir (נעמי ספיר) was born to Rivka and Meir Sapir (Sapirov), Lithuanian Jewish immigrants to Palestine, in Kvutzat Kinneret, a kibbutz in Mandatory Palestine that her parents helped to establish. In 1935, Shemer and her mother visited Vilnius, where they met Meir Sapirov's sister Berta and her family. Shemer's European relatives were later killed during The Holocaust.
Encouraged by her mother, Naomi started playing the piano at the age of six.
After graduating from high school, Shemer postponed her mandatory military service, despite the opposition of some fellow kibbutz members, to study music. Shemer began her music studies at the Israeli Conservatory in Tel Aviv-Yafo before continuing at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. She studied under notable teachers, including Paul Ben-Haim, Frank Pelleg, Abel Ehrlich, Ilona Vincze-Kraus, and Josef Tal.[citation needed]
After Shemer completed her music studies, she returned to Kvutzah Kinneret and worked as a children's music teacher. Shemer created some of her earliest works during this period, such as "The Mail Arrived Today" and "Our Little Brother" (Yafa Yarkoni recorded them years later on her album "Songs from the Sea of Galilee" about her brother Yankale).
In 1951, after a deferment of about 4 years, she enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces, where she served as a pianist in The Nahal Singers, a secondary troupe to the Nahal Band.
After being released from the army, Shemer wrote songs for the theater. She collaborated with composer Yochanan Zarai on the musical Peshita Al Ha-Kfar, for which she wrote lyrics under the pen name S. Carmel. Her well-known tunes from the musical include Tarnegol Ben-Gever, Rav Ha'Or VeHa'Tchelet, and Shir HaBar. Following that, she wrote tunes for Ha'Ikar VeBat Ha'Ikar (The Farmer and the Farmer's Daughter) at the Ohel Theater.
Chaim Topol invited Shemer to write songs for the newly-formed band Batzal Yarok. Her first song for the group, Mishirei Zener Noded (better known as Haderech Aruka Hi Varba), written in 1957, achieved great success and is considered her first hit. Her autobiographical song Noa was also included in the band's first revue. For the show Daber El Hakir, staged at the Sambation Theater in 1958, she wrote and composed the song Halayla Holech Ba'Sderot, which was performed in the show by Shimon Israeli.
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Naomi Shemer
Naomi Shemer (Hebrew: נעמי שמר; 13 July 1930 – 26 June 2004) was a popular Israeli musician and songwriter, hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry." Her song "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" ("Jerusalem of Gold"), written in 1967, became an unofficial second anthem after Israel won the Six-Day War that year and annexed Jerusalem.
Naomi Sapir (נעמי ספיר) was born to Rivka and Meir Sapir (Sapirov), Lithuanian Jewish immigrants to Palestine, in Kvutzat Kinneret, a kibbutz in Mandatory Palestine that her parents helped to establish. In 1935, Shemer and her mother visited Vilnius, where they met Meir Sapirov's sister Berta and her family. Shemer's European relatives were later killed during The Holocaust.
Encouraged by her mother, Naomi started playing the piano at the age of six.
After graduating from high school, Shemer postponed her mandatory military service, despite the opposition of some fellow kibbutz members, to study music. Shemer began her music studies at the Israeli Conservatory in Tel Aviv-Yafo before continuing at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. She studied under notable teachers, including Paul Ben-Haim, Frank Pelleg, Abel Ehrlich, Ilona Vincze-Kraus, and Josef Tal.[citation needed]
After Shemer completed her music studies, she returned to Kvutzah Kinneret and worked as a children's music teacher. Shemer created some of her earliest works during this period, such as "The Mail Arrived Today" and "Our Little Brother" (Yafa Yarkoni recorded them years later on her album "Songs from the Sea of Galilee" about her brother Yankale).
In 1951, after a deferment of about 4 years, she enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces, where she served as a pianist in The Nahal Singers, a secondary troupe to the Nahal Band.
After being released from the army, Shemer wrote songs for the theater. She collaborated with composer Yochanan Zarai on the musical Peshita Al Ha-Kfar, for which she wrote lyrics under the pen name S. Carmel. Her well-known tunes from the musical include Tarnegol Ben-Gever, Rav Ha'Or VeHa'Tchelet, and Shir HaBar. Following that, she wrote tunes for Ha'Ikar VeBat Ha'Ikar (The Farmer and the Farmer's Daughter) at the Ohel Theater.
Chaim Topol invited Shemer to write songs for the newly-formed band Batzal Yarok. Her first song for the group, Mishirei Zener Noded (better known as Haderech Aruka Hi Varba), written in 1957, achieved great success and is considered her first hit. Her autobiographical song Noa was also included in the band's first revue. For the show Daber El Hakir, staged at the Sambation Theater in 1958, she wrote and composed the song Halayla Holech Ba'Sderot, which was performed in the show by Shimon Israeli.
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