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Ashkenazi Jewish Liturgy – André Stora

Website of André Stora, Cantor who officiated at the Nancy synagogue and an emblematic figure of the Ashkenazi tradition in Alsace-Lorraine, offering downloads of Ashkenazi liturgical scores …

S & P Central

A rich, multilingual website listing the locations, practices, and traditions of the main communities of Spanish and Portuguese Jews around the world …

Piyyut and contemporary Israeli song

Piyyutim (religious poems) have had a significant influence on contemporary Israeli song …

Release of 12 new scores by Serge Kaufmann

The IEMJ has added twelve new scores by Serge Kaufmann to its catalog of publications. These include Ahava, a lyrical song for violin; Tikva, a song for cello; and the oratorio Un matin à Varsovie (One Morning in Warsaw), which was inspired by the infamous photograph of the young boy in the Warsaw ghetto …

Zemereshet

(Israel, Hebrew website) Website dedicated to preserving and disseminating the repertoire of Hebrew songs from the beginnings of Zionism to the creation of the State of Israel …

Deutsch de la Meurthe, Henry (1846-1919)

Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe was a great philanthropist, putting his fortune at the service of his two passions: aeronautics and music …

Camondo, Isaac de (1850-1911)

Born into an illustrious Italian family of Constantinople bankers who had settled in Paris in 1867, Isaac de Camondo was an art collector, patron and composer …

Halphen, Georges (1913-2003)

Son of Fernand Halphen (1872-1917) and Alice de Koenigswarter (1878-1963), Georges Halphen was a passionate art collector, fully involved in public life …

Ashkenazi liturgical music in France

Lectures filmed on October 21, 2024 at the Auditorium of the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO - Paris), as part of the Symposium Ashkenazi music in France, at concerts or in synagogue - State of the art, origins, influences, traditions and (re)creations

Klezmer music in France

Lectures filmed on October 20, 2024 at the Auditorium of the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme (Paris), as part of the Symposium Ashkenazi music in France, at concerts or in synagogue - State of the art, origins, influences, traditions and (re)creations

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