Music For Voice And Unaccompanied Choir

Cantique d’Été / שיר קיץ

Comp. Year

1936

Details

Symphony Orchestra

Dur. | IMI Cat.

n/a

Premieres

n/a

Links

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The Golden Chain / שרשרת הזהב
Originally titled Chansons Populaires Juives

Comp. Year

1937

Details

Symphony Orchestra
Study score available

Dur. | IMI Cat.

20′
IMI 5-I

Premieres

WP: PO (later IPO), Issay Dobrowen – cond. Haifa, 2/3.3.1938; Tel Aviv, 5/6.3.1938; Rehovot, 9.3.1938; Jerusalem, 10.3.1938.

Links

MS (1937)

Selections from IMI 5-I edition

By The Composer (HE, EN)

Commentary (EN, HE)

Reviews (HE).

Selected Premiers and performances (EN)
Watch a performance of The Golden Chain by the IPO conducted by Yaron Gottfried

Four Impressions for SO / ארבעה רשמים

Comp. Year

1938

Details

Symphony Orchestra

Dur. | IMI Cat.

n/a

Premieres

WP: Palestine Broadcasting SO (later JSO, IBA), Karel Salomon – cond, Jerusalem, 18.12.1938.

Links

Reviews (HE).

Selected Premiers and performances (EN)

Semitic Suite / סוויטה שמית

Comp. Year

1946  rev.
1959

Details

Symphony Orchestra

Dur. | IMI Cat.

16′
IMI 6072

Premieres

WP: Histadrut SO, Frank Pelleg (Pollak) – cond.

Tel Aviv, 27.2.1946.

Links

MS v2 (1959)

By The Composer (HE)

Commentary (EN)

Reviews (HE)
Selected Premiers and performances (EN)

Articles About Semetic Suite

Avni, Tzvi. “Semitic Suite by Alexander Uriyah Boskovich”. Gitit 19 (November 1965), pp 4-5.  (HE)

Avni, Tzvi. “Semitic Suite by Alexander Uriyah Boskovich”. Gitit 19 (November 1965), pp 4-5.  (HE)

Orgad, Ben-Zion. “Semitic Suite for symphony orchestra; Piccola Suite for string orchestra, flute and drum”. Listeners’ Guide to Israeli Works, ed. Dalia Golomb and Ben-Zion Orgad (Tel Aviv: The Methodical Centre for Music, 1984), pp. 69-81.  (HE)

Boskovich, Miriam. “Alexander Uriyah Boskovich – from The Golden Chain to Semitic Suite: 1) Piano Pieces for Youth; 2) Semitic Suite”. A Guide to the Performance of Israeli Piano Works, ed. Miriam Boskovich and Yona Rosenthal- Bogorov (Tel Aviv: The Methodical Centre for Music, 1987), pp. 39-79.  (HE)

Pedagogical Instructions, Written and prepared by Dan Sagiv and Tali Gofer.

Pedagogical Instructions

Piccola Suite / סוויטה זעירה

Comp. Year

1954

Details

Symphony Orchestra

Study score available

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Commissioned by the Ramat Gan Chamber Orchestra, cond. Michael Taube

Dur. | IMI Cat.

11′
IMI 6198-II

Premieres

WP: Ramat Gan ChO, Michael Taube – cond. 1954.

Links

MS (1954)
Selections from IMI 6298-II edition (1957)
Selected Premiers and performances (EN)

Song of Ascent / שיר המעלות

Comp. Year

1960

Details

Symphony Orchestra

First Prize, IPO Competition, 1960

Dur. | IMI Cat.

14′
IMI 6076

Premieres

WP: IPO, Gary Bertini – cond. Tel Aviv, 6/25/26/28/31.1.1961; Jerusalem, 29.1.1961. 

Links

MS (1960)
Selections from IMI 6076 edition (1960)
Selected Premiers and performances (EN)

Commentary (HE)

Articles About Song of Ascent

Shmueli, Herzl. “Song of Ascent By A.U.Boskovich”. Bat-Kol 2 (March 1961), pp 6-9. (HE)