Asher Mizrahi
Asher Mizrahi | |
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| Born | 1890 |
| Died | 27 October 1967 (aged 76–77) Israel |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician |
| Nationality |  Israel,  Tunisia |
Asher Mizrahi (Hebrew: אשר מזרחי; 1890 – 27 October 1967) was a Jewish Tunisian tenor singer and musician, who was born in Jerusalem eventually returned to Israel.[1]
During the Balkan wars, he left his home in what was then Ottoman Syria. He initially went to Malta, then to Tunisia in 1911. He returned to what was then British Mandatory Palestine from 1919 to 1929, after which he returned to Tunisia and settled there for almost forty years. In the late 1940s, he ended his active career. He left Tunis after the Six-Day War in 1967, and settled in Israel. He died three months after moving to Israel.[2][3]
Mizrahi is also known for singing the songs "Habibi Yah Habibi" and "Nagilah Haleluyah".
Titles
[edit]- Tesfar we tghib
- Ya hasra kif kont sghira
- Yechoui dammek
- Ya nas hmelt
- Men sabek Bourdgana
- Habbitek we habbitni
References
[edit]- ^ Shiloah, A. (1997). The Performance of Jewish and Arab Music in Israel Today. Harwood Academic Publishers. p. 74. ISBN 9789057020643. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Levi, E.; Scheding, F.; Beckerman, M.; Bohlman, P.V.; Campbell, S.; Davis, R.F.; Heile, B.; Hirshberg, J.; Hutchinson, S.; Paddison, M. (2010). Music and Displacement: Diasporas, Mobilities, and Dislocations in Europe and Beyond. Scarecrow Press. p. 86. ISBN 9780810874107. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Alcalay, A. (1993). After Jews and Arabs: Remaking Levantine Culture. University of Minnesota Press. p. 136. ISBN 9781452900018. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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