Organ culture in Israel and Palestine

Abstract

This paper consists of the following topics: 1. A short introductory information about organ sources and the development of the organ in ancient Israel. 2. Information about selected organs built in the relatively modern times, with their disposition, building history, and stylistic features. 3. Information about the Israeli organ builders with descriptions of some of their instruments. 4. Information about Israeli organists. 5. Information about the Israeli composers who have written for organ, with a list of their compositions, and for selected representative composers, a short description of musical style in their organ works. 6. A short description of current organ-related events in Israel. 7. A list of all known organs in Israel and Palestine.