Purim 1st part
Listen to a selection of music around the Purim holiday
Author: Lea Couderc
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Israel of yesterday and today
Through this playlist, discover and listen to some israeli songs, interpreted by Shoshana Damari, Dany Delmin, Rika Zaraï, Yehoram Gaon, as well as the Israeli choir Rinat which mixes old
Jewish cradle songs 1st part
Listen to a selection of cradle songs from various traditions
Women’s singing in Jewish tradition
Klezmer music, 1st part
Listen to the playlist around klezmer music
The importance of singing in the Jewish tradition – Hervé Roten
As part of the day of study Vox Aurea-Via Sacra 2014, dedicated to sacred Jewish music, Hervé Roten an ethnomusicologist and the director of the European Institute of Jewish Music presents
Rosenblatt, Yossele (1882-1933)
Josef Rosenblatt was born on May 9, 1882 in Bila Tserkva, in Ukraine. He came from a great dynasty of cantors. Considered a child prodigy, he started his career as
Fernand Halphen, a composer in the Great War
On April 6, 2014, for the commemorations celebrating 100 years after World War 1 (1914-1918), the European Institute of Jewish Music organized a concert, along with the Museum of Art
The Jewish traditional wedding 1st part
The wedding in Jewish tradition follows certain rules. It’s about celebrating the union of two people, but also their belonging to a religious life. Two months before the wedding, the
Music and the Holocaust 1st part
After the war, the Holocaust inspired many composers who wished to pay tribute to an assassinated Jewish culture