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The hora is Israel's national dance a wild, ecstatic
circle dance with a throbbing and thrilling beat. These are two classic horas,
from the canonic repertoire of Israeli national music.
Hora Mamtera (the Dance of the Sprinkler) was written
in 1952 by Moshe Vilensky to words by Yehiel
Mohar, to commemorate the start of construction of the Movil HaArtzi,
the national water conduit that was to carry water from the temperate north of
the country to the Negev desert in the south.
Shibbolet BaSadeh (Sheaves in the Field) was written
in 1946 by Matityahu Shelem. Shelem came to
Palestine in 1922 and worked as a shepherd in a Kibbutz collective farm. He
lived for several years with Palestinian Arabs, and believed the roots of
Israeli music must be in the modes of the indigenous population. The influence
of Arabic music and rhythms can be heard in this song.
I hope you enjoy playing these as much as I enjoyed writing them.
If you enjoy this, you are welcome to try some of my other arrangements. You
can see them at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/yoel-epstein-sheet-music/3001988.
If you need arrangements of any of these songs for special combinations of
instruments, feel free to contact me at yoelepst@gmail.com, and I will try
to accommodate.
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