EMANUEL AMIRAN (PUGASHOV)

Composer 1909-1993
About Emanual Amiran

Emanuel Amiran came to Israel from Russia at the age of fifteen. He was best-known for his holiday songs, although his repertoire also included music for the theater and film.  Amiran was one of the designers of Israeli music education, serving as the first music-education head supervisor at the Ministry of Education of the young state of Israel (established 1948). 
Adapted from notes by Ron Merhavi Oct 2004

List of compositions and recordings on the Freedman Catalog website
List of compositions on the Zamir.org website
Entry on the Classical Composer.com website
Emanual Amiran's book A Dream and A Memory
 



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