Collection of Items Related to the Song "Jerusalem of Gold", Naomi Shemer and Yafa Yarkoni / The Poem "Rokedet" ...

Collection of Items Related to the Song "Jerusalem of Gold", Naomi Shemer and Yafa Yarkoni / The Poem "Rokedet" Handwritten by Shemer
Collection of items related to the song "Jerusalem of Gold", poet Naomi Shemer and singer Yaffa Yarkoni. [Israel 1960s to 1990s].
Including:
• A short note handwritten by Naomi Shemer, concerning her song "Jerusalem of Gold": " I am happy to share with you the sheet music of 'Jerusalem of Gold'…". Signed by her and dated June 23, 1967 (about a month after the premiere of the song and two weeks after the end of the Six-Day-War).
• A printed leaf with the lyrics of "Jerusalem of Gold", a gift to IDF soldiers upon the liberation of the Old City. [June 1967].
• A 33 RPM "Shana Tova" greeting card record, playing Jerusalem of Gold by Shulamit Livnat.
• A record, "Jerusalem fun Gold" ("Jerusalem of Gold" by Naomi Shemer; Yiddish) and additional songs by Yafa Yarkoni. 33 RPM.
• The poem "Rokedet", a handwritten draft by Naomi Shemer. The poem, written for Yafa Yarkoni's 60th birthday, is based on her life story.
• Two fan letters addressed to Yafa Yarkoni: a letter from a high school student, dated 9.6.67 (one leaf; missing end), mentioning Yarkoni being the "first singer by the Western Wall", and a letter from a soldier wounded during the Six-Day-War, dated 3.7.67.
The song "Jerusalem of Gold" was written by Shemer for the 1967 Israeli Song Festival, when Mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek requested several songwriters, including Shemer, to compose a special song dedicated to Jerusalem. A few weeks after the debut performance of the song at the Song Festival (on Independence Day), the Six-Day War broke out. In a telegraph Kollek sent to Shemer he wrote: "All IDF soldiers stationed in Jerusalem and its surroundings, and all residents of Jerusalem are always singing 'Jerusalem of Gold'. With the change in the city's borders, we ask that you add another, uplifting verse to the song". Shemer, who at the time was in the Sinai Desert with an army band, heard IDF soldiers singing the song on the radio and added a new verse in which she compared the pre-war atmosphere to the post-war one. With "Jerusalem of Gold", Shemer became for many the "national songwriter". "Jerusalem of Gold" is considered one of the most beloved Hebrew songs of all times and one of the most famous ones. The best-known recording of the song is that of singer Yafa Yarkoni.
Yafa Yarkoni (1925-2012), born in Tel-Aviv, started her artistic career at a young age, performing at the café owned by her family. She was a dancer in the Gertrud Kraus Dance Company for 12 years, until she was forced to retire due to an injury. In 1947, she joined the Haganah and started singing with the "Chishtron" band; immediately after the War of Independence, she recorded the album "Bab al-Wad" composed of war songs. She led a rich musical career for five decades. Her many appearances at Israeli army bases and before soldiers in the field, earned her the title "singer of the wars". In 1998, she was awarded the Israel Prize; an album she released that year included the song "Rokedet" by Naomi Shemer.
7 items. Size and condition vary.