Hed Arzi Music
Hed Arzi הד ארצי | |
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Founded | 1946 |
Founder | Zvi Levin |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | Israel |
Location | Tel Aviv |
Official website | www |
Hed Arzi Music (Hebrew: הד ארצי, meaning: Echo of My Country) is an Israeli record label founded in 1946.
History
The company was founded in Tel Aviv in 1946 as a partnership of Zvi Levin (also known as Hirsch Lewin) with Josef Grossman, Alexander Borowitz and Ephraim Ruttenberg. Mr. Levin was a refugee from Berlin where he has owned and operated a bookshop and recording label Semer (from the Hebrew "Zemer", meaning song). The Semer label operated from approximately 1932 until the recording masters and inventory were smashed and burned during Kristallnacht. Hed-Arzi started operating in September 1947, managed by Ephraim Felix Rzeczynski, making it the oldest recording company in Israel (followed by Makolit in Jaffa, Tslil in Tel-Aviv and others[1]).
Originally the company produced 78 rpm gramophone records (including re-issues of Semer recodings), the most popular among which were Agala Vesoussa and Bab El-Wad by
In 1980, 50% share was sold to Modi’in Publishing House, ltd. (the parent company of the newspaper Maariv), since 1993 owned by Israel Land Development Company, ltd.
Since 2008, ownership is held by NMC United (owner of NMC Music).
Notable artists
- The Dudaim
- Shoshana Damari
- Yaffa Yarkoni
- David D'Or
- Gidi Gov
- Sarit Hadad
- Ofra Haza
- Poogy
- Harel Skaat
- Teapacks
- Dana International
- Boaz Mauda
- Yehoram Gaon
- The Churchills
See also
- Music of Israel
- Piposh, a video game franchise published by the video game subsidiary Hed Arzi Multimedia.
References
- ^ P. Gradenwitz, Music publishing in Israel, Music Library Association Notes, v. X, 1953, p. 391-393.
- ^ Israel digest: a bi-weekly summary of news from Israel, 1955, v. 6-8, p. 48. [1]
- ^ Who's who Israel, 1958, p. 452
- ^ The Billboard, Sept. 7, 1959, p. 8
- ^ The Israel yearbook, 1960, p. 293
- ^ The Billboard, Nov. 13, 1961, p. 42