GHARAMOPHONE
Launched in 2017 by Christopher Silver, assistant professor of Jewish history and culture at McGill University, Gharamophone.com is dedicated to preserving North Africa’s Jewish musical past. The website features about
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Raoul Journo
Born in Tunis in 1911 and died in Paris in 2001, Raoul Journo was a singer-songwriter who wrote more than 90 songs in the purest style of oriental music. A
The concert posters of Jacques Chalude, known as Ben Baruch
Given to the IEMJ in 2015 by his son Joel Chalude, the archives of Jacques Chalude, known as Ben Baruch, include more than 440 documents, among them beautiful painted 78-rpm
Michel Heymann has entrusted his entire music archives to the EIJM
Michel Heymann is one of the last holders of the Achkenazi liturgy of the Rhine Valley. Born in 1952 in Strasbourg, he learned the liturgy from Bertrand Joseph, a former
The songs of Chanukah
Chanukah – חנוכה is the Jewish feast that commemorates the re-inauguration of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BC, following the victory of the Maccabees over the
Release of 3 new works by the composer Serge Kaufmann
The EIJM’s publishing house is happy to announce the release of 3 new music scores by Serge Kaufmann: Ima ou la Mère dépossédée, Cantata for mezzo-soprano solo, narrator, mixed choir,
Prayers to the tune of La Marseillaise!
The Jewish liturgy is full of surprises! In 1993, while I was coordinating the activities of the Yuval Association for the preservation of Jewish musical traditions, under the direction of
Conference: Synagogal music in Bordeaux: from the Temple of the Rue Causserouge (1812) to the inauguration of the Great Synagogue (1882), by Hervé Roten
The Consistoire Israélite de la Gironde is organizing a series of events and cultural activities to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Great Synagogue of Bordeaux and to commemorate the
Synagogal music in Paris at the time of the first consistorial temple (1822-1874)
Presentation text and digitized version of Gérard Ganvert‘s thesis [1]Doctor in music history and musicology, qualified to direct research, former associate professor of Music and Musicology at the Sorbonne University
KALARASH – KLEZMER MUSIC, YIDDISH AND FRENCH SONGS
RELEASE OF THE 8th CD FROM THE “DISCOVERY” COLLECTION RELEASE OF THE 8th CD FROM THE “DISCOVERY” COLLECTION