Benedict Silberman, originally Boruch Hirsch-Benedigton Silberman (December 5, 1901 Helsinki, Finland – December 11, 1971 Hilversum, Netherlands), was a Dutch composer and conductor of Austrian Jewish descent.
Silberman was the son of an Austrian violinist working in Helsinki who settled in Amsterdam. Silberman studied piano with Jean-Baptiste de Pauw and composition with Sem Dresden at the Amsterdam Conservatory. He wrote a piano concerto (1924) at the end of his studies. A year later he composed a violin concerto. He left for Berlin where he played as a violinist and arranged light classical musical, preferentially Viennese operettas. In 1944 he composed his own operetta Het Rozeneiland (The Island of Roses). He had contact with Franz Lehár, Robert Stolz and Emmerich Kálmán and toured Europe with the dance orchestras of Paul Godwin, Marek Weber and Dajos Bela.
In 1936 he returned to the Netherlands and became pianist in the AVRO radio orchestra of Kovacs Lajos. In 1938 he became conductor of the VARA radio orchestra. In 1948 he was asked to create a radio orchestra specialized in light classical music; he led this Promenade Orkest from 1949 till 1967. In 1965, he won the Golden Harp for his contributions to Dutch music.
in 1965 Shlomo Carlebach published the album In the Palace of the King, Silberman arranged and conducted the chorus and symphony orchestra.
56 Songs Performed by Benedict Silberman
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A Brivele Der Mamen2:17
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A Brivele Der Mamen2:16
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A Yiddishe Mame3:25
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A Yiddishe Mame3:31
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Angel's Lullaby2:26
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Angel's Lullaby2:25
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Atoh Vekhartonoh2:18
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Bai Mir Bist Du Sheyn3:05
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Blayb Ghesund13021
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Der Rebbe Eli Melekh2:57
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Eili Eili1:46
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Eili Eili1:45
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Enjoy The Sabbath2:19
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Enjoy the Sabbath2:18
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Freylakh2:09
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Good Luck to Groom and Bride1:02
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Good Luck to Groom and Bride1:01
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Hatikvah1:12
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Hatikvah1:10
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Hava Nagila2:50
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Inconsolable3:00
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Inconsolable2:59
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Keinanoreh1:50
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Khanukah Song2:05
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Khave2:08
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Khave2:08
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Kol Nidre2:37
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Kol Nidre2:38
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Mekabel Ponim1:40
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Mitza-Tentzel3:02
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On Friday Night1:56
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On Friday Night2:00
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Oyfn Pripetshick2:57
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Oyfn Pripetshick2:59
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Reisele2:23
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Roshinkes Mit Mandlen2:03
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Roshinkes Mit Mandlen2:51
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Roshinkes Mit Mandlen2:49
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Ten Brothers2:18
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The Jew And The Fiddle2:45
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The Jew and His Wife2:50
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The Jew and The Fiddle1:27
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The Jew and The Fiddle1:28
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The Praying Shawl2:02
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The Praying Shawl2:03
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The Rabbi1:28
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The Rabbi2:09
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The Rabbi Wants Us To Be Merry2:11
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The Rabbi and the Rabbi's Wife1:27
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The Rabbi and the Rabbi's Wife1:30
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The Sun Went Down3:18
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The Tel-Aviv Polka1:52
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The Tel-Aviv Polka1:53
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Vos Is Gheven3:37
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Yom Kippur Theme0:43
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Yom Kippur Theme0:44
