Libraries and archives

Brown University Library Catalog

(Providence, USA) Online catalogue, but access restricted to the University members. Over 35.000 records when typing "Jewish Music" …

Brandeis University Libraries

(Waltham, USA) The libraries include special divisions dedicated to Jewish music. Online catalogue, but no online ressources …

Media Library of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia

(Rome, Italy) 120,000 volumes and publications, mainly scores, monographs and periodicals about music. Extracts of Jewish music recorded by the Italian ethnomusicologist Leo Levi available online …

Jewish Public Library

(Canada, Montreal) - Online catalog without access to documents. The Judaica collection is one of the most important in North America …

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF)

(Paris, France) The Bibliothèque nationale de France collects, preserves and makes known the national documentary heritage …

National library of Ukraine

(Kiev, Ukraine) The biggest library of Ukraine. Gathers the phonographic archives of the Jewish folklore collected by Moshe Beregovski …

Jewish library of Geneva

(Geneva, Switzerland) More than 30,000 documents, including some references on Jewish music. Online catalog does not allow access to documents …

Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno

(Buenos Aires, Argentina) Some documents on Jewish music, but not available online …

Berkeley Library University of California

(Berkeley, USA) Very large catalogue, but the access to digitalized documents is restricted to the university's students …

ANU – Museum of the Jewish People (formerly Beit Hatfutsot) – The Feher Jewish Music Center

(Tel-Aviv, Israel) The Feher Jewish Music Center of Beit Hatfutsot museum is engaged in the preservation, recording, and promotion of Jewish music. No catalogue or online documents …

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