Moshe Nathanson

Moshe Nathanson
Personal life
Born(1899-08-10)10 August 1899
Jerusalem, Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died24 February 1981(1981-02-24) (aged 81)
Manhattan, New York, United States
BuriedMount Hebron Cemetery
Spouse
Zipora Bor
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(m. 1924; died 1979)​
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
PositionCantor
SynagogueSociety for the Advancement of Judaism
Began1924
Ended1970

Moshe Nathanson (Hebrew: משה נתנזון; August 10, 1899 – February 24, 1981) was a Jerusalem-born American composer, cantor, and musicologist. He was known for promoting Hebrew folk music, and for composing widely used liturgical melodies, including a popular setting of the Birkat ha-Mazon. Alongside Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, he is sometimes credited as the composer of the popular song Hava Nagila.

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