14/09/2016
Jüdische Volkslieder gut gemischt
The EIJM just received a collection of 33 RPM discs, among them "Fredy Durra singt Jüdische Volkslieder gut gemischt". …
07/09/2016
Il Mantovano Hebreo
The EIJM just recieved this CD comprising 30 music pieces written by Salomone Rossi, aka "Il Mantovano Hebreo" …
05/09/2016
Albert Cahen d’Anvers
Albert Cahen d’Anvers, who was not really known during his time, is featured here for his work that takes part in the rich period of 19th century French melody. Performed by Françoise Masset, mezzo, Christophe Crapez, tenor and Nicolas Boyer on the piano, this record deserves to be known. …
27/06/2016
Le grand livre des musiques sacrées du monde
The EIJM just received the latest book by Gérard Kurkdjian, dedicated to sacred music. In 18 chapters, he travels through the great musical traditions in Christianism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Animism …
19/05/2016
The musical collection of the synagogue of Metz
Between June and September 2015, nearly 500 musical scores and other documents from the Jewish community of Metz have been digitized by the EIJM, which thus preserves an important part of the French Ashkenazi musical heritage …
16/05/2016
“Le silence s’essouffle” – Mort, deuil et mémoire chez les compositeurs ashkénazes
Through the analysis of scholarly (liturgical and secular) and popular repertoires (folk songs, tunes from the Yiddish theaters of Second Avenue, but also songs from the ghettos and camps), this study attempts to understand the way in which music was able to continue to allow the repose of the dead and the return to life of those who had (over)lived …
16/05/2016
Présence juive en Alsace et Lorraine médiévales
A reference work by Simon Schwarzfuchs and Jean-Luc Fray on the places of Jewish hetitage in the Alsace-Lorraine region, in the Middle Ages. Preface by Danièle Iancu-Agou …
10/05/2016
“Die Drei Kantoren” and “Second Yom Tov”
Die Drei Kantoren are, like the name says in German, three cantors, tenor, baritone and bass, who unite their voices in repertoire of chazanut, Israeli songs, Yiddish and Sepharade. …
