Forbidden Music Regained


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Sarana - legende

By Israel Olman

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Mixed choir and orchestra (SATB sopr orch)
year
1956

Details

Legend for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra

Words by P. Komarov (Russian and French)

piano reduction and text

26 June 1956

Images

Olman_Sarana.jpg
Olman_Sarana.jpg

About Israel Olman

(08/17/1883 - 05/08/1968)
Israel Olman

Up until World War II, Israel J. Olman had been a celebrated choral conductor and composer. He wrote synagogal music and also music for socialist choirs, to be performed at major singing competitions. His fame, in addition to the fact that he was married to a Catholic woman, offered him some protection during the war. In the post-war years his reputation as a composer diminished rapidly, creating financial difficulties. The world had changed and his musical idiom had become outdated.

by Pauline Micheels