The Collections

Hip Hop in Urban Borderlands

Published in 2019 by the Europäische Zentrum für Jüdische Musik (EZJM) in Hanover, in its collection "Jewish Music Studies", this book Hip Hop in Urban Borderlands is an in-depth research of Hip Hop culture in Israel, in its sociological and ethnomusicological aspects …

Kurt Weill

Composer and musicologist, Bruno Giner presents and analyses in this new book not only Kurt Weill’s masterpieces but also his life in which shone she who was for long his muse: the singer Lotte Lenya …

Perdu dans les étoiles ou Le destin juif de Kurt Weill

Author of three books dedicated to Kurt Weill, Roland Bélicha is a former collaborator of the magazines Revue Musicale and Revue Finno-ougrienne. He also wrote about Erik Satie …

Klezzy !

Recorded in September 2018 by the band Klezmer Loshn, the CD "Klezzy !", gathers klezmer melodies arranged in a style blending classical and traditional …

Sutzkever Project

The CD Sutzkever Project gathers 12 poems written by Avrom Sutzkever on a music composed by Olivier Milhaud beautifully performed by Mélanie Gardyn (vocal) and Natacha Medvedeva (piano). …

M. Offenbach nous écrit

Published in January 2019 by the Editions Actes Sud Beaux-Arts / Palazzetto Bru Zane, this book by Jean-Claude Yon based on Offenbach’s mail with the founder of the newspaper Figaro, gives us a privileged access to the personality and thoughts of a musician at ease with words and musical notes …

KZ Musik: Encyclopedia of music composed in concentration camps (1933 – 1945)

Published in 2011 under the direction of Francesco Lotoro, this boxed set of 24 CDs gathers more than 500 pieces of music composed in the concentration camps …

Music and politics in the IIIrd Reich Germany at the eve of the Cold War

Published in 2018 at the Presses universitaires of Paris-Sorbonne, this book by Elise Petit presents an original analysis of musical politics in Germany between 1933 and 1949. …

Punk Rock Hora : Adventures in Jew-Punk land

Published in 2018 in USA, the book Punk Rock Hora : Adventures in Jew-Punk land talks about the musicians who combine punk-rock and judaism, be it at a cultural, identity, musical aspect, or the three at the same time …

THE JACQUES ARNOLD COLLECTION

The Jacques Arnold collection is mainly composed of audio documents of liturgical music from the Ashkenazic rite …

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A musical and gastronomic conference by Hervé Roten, director of the European Institute of Jewish Music

Les enfants de l’espérance, a score by Graciane Finzi

This original score was composed for the YWAM-Copernic Talmud Torah Children's Choir, directed by conductor Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut. Graciane Finzi composed…

Cantata Shma Kolenu by Itaï Daniel, finally available on score!

The European Institute of Jewish Music publishes the Cantata Shma Kolenu, a major work by ltaï Daniel, for 4-part choir,…

Release of six new scores by Serge Kaufmann

The European Institute of Jewish Music publishes six new compositions by Serge Kaufmann, including Kaddish for solo cello and Parade…