Sergiu Natra

Sergiu Natra

Sergiu Natra (12 April 1924 – 23 February 2021) was an Israeli composer of classical music.[1]

Life and work

Natra was born in Romania as Sergiu Nadler in April 1924 into a Jewish family of Austrian, German and Czech origin. As a child he studied piano and took up music studies in 1932. He continued to study at the Jewish conservatory until 1942, and graduated from the Music Academy of Bucharest in 1954.[2]

In 1961, Natra and his wife, Sonia, a sculptor and multidisciplinary artist, emigrated to Israel.[1] They had two sons: Danny and Gabi.[3] He died in February 2021 at the age of 96.[4]

Main works

Most of the composers scores were published by Natra Publications, some by IMI in Tel Aviv[5] and some by Harposphere in Paris.[6] Part of the composers scores, the respective recordings, books and articles are found also in libraries, such as Beit Ariela Public Library and Cultural Center (Israel),[7] the National Library of Israel,[8] the Library of Congress (USA)[9] and the Harold B. Lee Library (USA).[10]

The main source of the list is the composer's documentation and archive. Additional references are found in:[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][excessive citations]

References

  1. ^ a b Toeplitz, Uri & Seter, Ronit (2001). "Natra, Sergiu [Nadler, Serge]". In Sadie, Stanley & Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.‎ (Print version: Sadie, Stanley (ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Macmillan, 1980, Vol. 13 p. 76. ISBN 0-333-23111-2)
  2. ^ Cummings, David (ed.), "Natra, Sergiu", International Who's Who in Classical Music, Routledge, 2000, p. 261. ISBN 0-948875-53-4
  3. ^ Who's Who in Israel and Jewish Personalities from All Over the World, Bronfman, Ben Itzhak (ed.) 1985 (p. 237)
  4. ^ ISRAELI COMPOSER DIES, AT 96
  5. ^ The Israel Music Institute
  6. ^ Harposphere Paris
  7. ^ Beit Ariela Public Library
  8. ^ The National Library of Israel
  9. ^ The Library of Congress
  10. ^ The Harold B. Lee Library
  11. ^ A Descriptive Bibliography of Art Music by Israeli Composers, Alice Tischler, 1988 (p.172-175), 2011
  12. ^ Die Musik Israels, Max Brod, 1976 (p.106-108, 76, 78, 83, 84, 134, 135, 136, 138, 140, 141)
  13. ^ Contemporary Music In Europe, Paul Henry and Broder Nathan, 1965 (p. 295)
  14. ^ Dictionary of 20th century music, John Vinton, 1974 (p. 507)
  15. ^ Solo vocal works on Jewish themes: a bibliography of Jewish composers, Kenneth Jaffe, 2011 (p. 131, 224, 227, 234, 287, 321, 327, 339, 375, 381, 383, 397)
  16. ^ Listening guide to Israeli works, Dalia Golomb, Ben-Zion Orgad, 1985 (p. 174)
  17. ^ Encyclopedia Judaica, Keter Publications, 1971
  18. ^ The sound of the harp in the holy land, The international harp contest in Israel, William Y Elias, 2002
  19. ^ Tempus fugit- writings about music and musicians, Ruth Guttman Ben Zwi, 2004 (p.368 and others)
  20. ^ Dancing Jewish: Jewish Identity in American Modern and Postmodern Dance, Rebecca Rossen, 2014 (p. 81, 82, 307)
  21. ^ The Music of Israel: From the Biblical Era to Modern Times, Peter Gradenwitz, 1996 (p. 273, 389, 410)
  22. ^ Great Jews in Music, Darryl Lyman, 1986 (p. 309)
  23. ^ Aspects of Music in Israel: A Series of Articles Published on the Occasion of the ISCM World Music Days, Israel, 1980 (p. 22, 25)
  24. ^ Beyond the Baton : What Every Conductor Needs to Know: What Every Conductor ..., Diane Wittry Music Director Allentown and Norwalk Symphony Orchestras, 2007 (p. 275)
  25. ^ Timbral Diversity: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Solo Works for the Tenor Trombone Containing Extended Techniques, James Max Adams, 2011 (p. 165)
  26. ^ Visions of reform: Congregation Emanu-El and the Jews of San Francisco, 1849–1999, Fred Rosenbaum (p. 275)
  27. ^ Contemporary Israeli music: its sources and stylistic development, Zvi Keren, 1980 (p. 97)
  28. ^ Scholars' guide to Washington, D.C., for audio resources: sound recordings in the arts, humanities, and social, physical, and life sciences, James R. Heintze, Zdeněk V. David, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1985 (p. 262)
  29. ^ Music in Jewish History and Culture, Emanuel Rubin, John H. Baron, 2006 (p. 340)
  30. ^ Music in Education, Macmillan Journals Limited, 1974 (p. 191, 269)
  31. ^ The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds of other lists of accomplished Jews, Martin Harry Greenberg, 1979 (p. 146, 281)
  32. ^ Harps and harpists, Roslyn Rensch, 2007 (p. 230, 234, 252)
  33. ^ International Music Guide, Derek Elley, 1978
  34. ^ Who's who in World Jewry, Harry Schneiderman, Itzhak J. Carmin, 1972 (p. 648)
  35. ^ International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory, 1998 (p. 401)
  36. ^ Who's who in the Middle East and North Africa, 1978 (p. 901)
  37. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum, 2007 (p. 32)
  38. ^ Cello Music Since 1960: A Bibliography of Solo, Chamber & Orchestral Works for Solo Cellist, Donald Homuth, 1994 (p. 190)
  39. ^ Jüdische Musik?: Fremdbilder, Eigenbilder, Eckhard John, Heidy Zimmermann, 2004 (p. 274)
  40. ^ International Directory of Contemporary Music: Instrumentation, 2000 (pp. 322, 469)
  41. ^ Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart- allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik, Friedrich Blume, 1979 (p. 851, 1335)
  42. ^ Geschichte der Klaviermusik. 2, Peter Hollfelder, 1989 (p. 1344)
  43. ^ Neue Musik in Düsseldorf seit 1945: ein Beitrag zur Musikgeschichte und zum Musikleben der Stadt, Hans Hubert Schieffer, Hermann-Josef Müller..., 1998 (p. 159)
  44. ^ World Harp Congress Board of directors