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American composer and conductor, born in Somerville, Mass. He conducted much American music and was founder of the National Association for American Composer and Conductors. He was a prolific composer whose most conspicuous characteristic was an expert orchestral sense. His vigorous musical style was deeply indebted to late 19th-century German romanticism but lacked individuality. His works include five symphonies, tone poems, and choral and chamber music.
Town of west-central Israel, on the Haifa-Tel Aviv highway. The name Hadera (Arab., “green”) referred to the wild weeds that covered the marshes before Zionist pioneers reclaimed them in 1891; the name is still appropriate, for Hadera is surrounded by a belt of citrus groves. Hadera also has an industrial quarter. The site of the ancient seaport Caesarea is nearby.
