Yehezkel Braun

Yehezkel Braun studied at Tel Aviv University. The recorded working language is Hebrew. Places of work recorded in the authority are Tel Aviv University. Residence is recorded at Mishmar HaEmek. Employment is recorded with Tel Aviv University. Distinctions recorded are Israel Prize and ACUM Awards.

• Name — Yehezkel Braun • Native Name — יחזקאל בראון • Born — 18 January 1922 • Birthplace — Breslau, Germany • Died — 27 August 2014 • Place of death — Tel Aviv, Israel • Origin — Israel • Genre — Classical • Occupation — Composer

Yehezkel Braun was born in Breslau, Germany. The family moved to Mandate Palestine when he was two. He grew up surrounded by Jewish and East-Mediterranean traditional music that influenced his later compositions. During World War II he enlisted in the British Army and saw action in Italy with the Jewish Brigade. Braun was a graduate of the Israel Academy of Music and held a master's degree in Classical Studies from Tel Aviv University. In 1975, Braun studied Gregorian chant with Dom Jean Claire at the Benedictine monastery of Solesmes in France. His main academic interests were traditional Jewish melodies and Gregorian chants. He lectured on these and other subjects at universities and congresses in England, France, the United States and Germany. Yehezkel Braun was Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University. Braun died in Tel Aviv on August 27, 2014. He was 92.

Yehezkel Braun is recorded as composer, writer, translator, pedagogue and university teacher.