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01/04/2010
Variations ladino
This CD, performed by the virtuoso guitarist Liat Cohen, takes us on a musical journey composed of traditional Ladino melodies revisited by contemporary artists and composers …
31/03/2010
Baroque Jewish music – Venice, Mantua, Amsterdam (1623 – 1774)
April 14, 2010, 8pm at the German Evangelical Church. Concert of Baroque Jewish music given on April 14, 2010 in tribute to musicologist Israel Adler (1925-2009). Works by Salomone Rossi, Abraham Caceres, Guiseppe Lidarti ("Ester" Oratorio) …
30/03/2010
Lewandowski, Louis Lazarus (1821-1894)
Louis Lazarus Lewandowski was born in Wreschen (Poznan province) on April 3, 1821. He came from a poor Jewish family and his mother passed away when he was still very …
30/03/2010
Halévy, Jacques François Fromental Élie (1799-1862)
It is in the synagogue that music composers like Fromental Halévy (1799-1862), Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) and Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) received their first musical initiation. Elie Lévy (1760-1826), father of …
30/03/2010
David, Samuel (1836-1895)
Born in Paris on November 12th 1836, Samuel David was admitted at a very young age into the music conservatory, where at the age of 13 he won a first …
30/03/2010
Algazi, Léon (1890-1971)
This article is dedicated to the memory of Jacques Algazi, who passed away on March 1, 2021, 50 years to the day after his father's death, and to Béatrice Algazi, his daughter, who kindly provided many of the elements used to write this tribute …
26/03/2010
Passport to Jewish Music
The 27 chapters of this book by the musicologist Irene Heskes describe the various historic periods of Jewish music, since the Biblical times until modern period …
26/03/2010
Music in ancient Israel
Well documented, this book by Alfred Sendrey presents the music at the Biblical time and in the beginning of the Talmudic period …
26/03/2010
Yiddish blues (2) – Talila
On subtle arrangements by Teddy Lasry, Talila sings beautiful songs in Yiddish …
26/03/2010
Plus bleu que bleu
16 songs inspired by ladino, Yiddish, Israeli, Biblical and classical music, performed by Sylvie Sivann, an eclectic artist equally at ease in opera, French songs and traditional music …