Nathan Shahar
Nathan Shahar was an Israeli choir conductor, composer, and musicologist, an author of several books on Hebrew singing.
For may years he taught the history of Hebrew singing at Beit Berl College and Ben-Gurion University.
Notable songs
- אילת החן — lyrics by ; first place at the 1965 Singer and Chorus Festival, performed by Arik Einstein and an additional performance by Yafa Yarkoni.
Books
- “Ha-Shir ha-Eretz-Israeli 1920-1950: Me'afyenim. Musiqaliyim ve-Sotzio-Musiqaliyim” , Ph.D. dissertation, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989
- "שיר שיר עלה-נא" Shir Shir Ala-Na . Modan Publishing, 2006.
- Shirat Hanoar-Ma Sharu Betnuot Hanoar . Jerusalem: Yad Iizhak Ben Zvi, 2018