Akh, nit gut!
From Yiddish Folk Poetry @ Zefir records 2023 Artists: Sára Gutvill (mezzo-soprano), Tyrone Landau (tenor) Sára Gutvill (mezzo-soprano), Tyrone Landau (tenor), Pierre Mak (baritone), Ehzaveta Agrafenina (soprano) & Jaap Kooi
Author: Jacqueline ROTEN
Posts by Jacqueline ROTEN
Leopold Kleinman-Kozłowski (1918-2019) – The last klezmer of Galicia
Histoires de voix hébraïques
Stories of Hebrew Voices Crossed musical anamorphoses[1]Deformed image produced by a curved mirror. By Hector Sabo © 2024, Editions Musicales Sabo Composer, musician and choirmaster, Hector Sabo has devoted a
The songbooks of Jewish youth movements
Jewish youth movements came into being at the end of the 19th century. Their emergence was linked to the rise of nationalism and anti-Semitism in Europe, which gradually excluded young
The Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU) collection
With 165,000 books and 1,500,000 archival documents, the library of the Alliance Israélite Universelle is one of the largest Jewish libraries in the world. It was founded in 1860, at
Piano Music by Jewish Composers
In the 19th century, a liberal Judaism developed in Western Europe, advocating the adoption of Western music in synagogal worship, in place of the traditional singing of the hazzan and
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme collection
In April 2022, the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme (MAHJ) deposited with the Institut Européen des Musiques Juives (IEMJ) a collection of one hundred and twenty-three records, mainly 78s
Baqqachot
Discovering baqqachot
In the Jewish communities of Morocco and the Middle East, baqqachot (or bakashot) singing is performed on Saturday mornings before dawn in the winter. It consists of a series of
Exils
Klarthe Records, Nov. 2021 Elsa Moatti’s family has experienced exiles, departures and separations. life stories all stamped with the seal of exile, and which form the backdrop of this luminous