Chaya Arbel (Germany, 1921) is a female Israeli composer. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Arbel studied composition in Germany, until she immigrated to the British mandate of Palestine (1936), where she worked in agriculture. Only 25 years later, Arbel could resume her composition studies, with professor Leon Schidlowsky. Arbel remains a member of kibbutz Hama'apil. Map of the territory under the British Mandate of Palestine. ... Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: קיבוץ; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים, gathering or together) is an Israeli collective community. ...

Arbel won the Israeli ACUM Prize with Dialogue for Clarinet and Orchestra.

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• http://www.geocities.com/israelcomposers/arbel_chaya.htm