10/05/2017
Yiddish music in Parisian cabarets after WWII
A filmed conference, presented by Hervé Roten and David Winter, as part of the first edition of "Campus en musique" organized by the Medem-Arbeter Ring …
01/05/2017
Potock, Bernard
We know very little about Bernard Potock. Beginning in 1938, he played the trumpet in Stanislaw Laudan’s jazz orchestra “Banda” in Krakow, Poland.He spent the Second World War in the …
01/05/2017
Gerro, Henri (approx. 1919-1980)
Henri Gerro (Roizman) was born on August 31, 1919 in Rovno (Volhynia Province), nowadays in Ukraine. He began performing on the Polish stage at the age of 12. After the …
26/04/2017
Villers, Alphonse de (vers 1845-après 1896)
We know almost nothing about Alphonse de Villers’s life. His name comes up a few times in the archives of the Israeli Consistory of Paris. It seems that he was …
26/04/2017
Franck, Jules (1858-1941)
Jules Franck was born in the French town of Nancy in 1858. A few years later, his family settled in Paris (1). In January 1873, Jules Franck sang with his …
21/02/2017
Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880)
Emblematic composer of the second half of the 19th century, Jacques Offenbach was the son of Isaac Eberst, musician and cantor in the synagogue of Cologne. …
21/02/2017
Waldteufel, Emile (1837-1915)
Born into a Jewish family of Strasbourg, Emile Waldteufel was the favorite composer of empress Eugénie. He wrote hundreds of waltzes, including the famous Valse des patineurs (The Skater’s Waltz) that all …
11/01/2017
Baroque Jewish Music
Unlike various popular beliefs, Jews from Italy, Provence or even Amsterdam had a perfect knowledge concerning Art Music in the Christian world. Young Italian Jews in the 15th century went …
