20/04/2011
KLEZMER AND HASSIDIC NIGGUN WORKSHOP – DAVID LEFEBVRE
The CFMJ (now called European Institute of Jewish Music) organized on January 17, 2011, a day of training for music teachers of Paris. This day allowed to present a wide …
14/04/2011
The teamim, signs to sing the Torah
by Jean-Philippe Amar, PhD in the University of Paris IV Sorbonne …
30/03/2010
Lewandowski, Louis Lazarus (1821-1894)
Louis Lazarus Lewandowski was born in Wreschen (Poznan province) on April 3, 1821. He came from a poor Jewish family and his mother passed away when he was still very …
30/03/2010
Halévy, Jacques François Fromental Élie (1799-1862)
It is in the synagogue that music composers like Fromental Halévy (1799-1862), Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) and Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) received their first musical initiation. Elie Lévy (1760-1826), father of …
30/03/2010
David, Samuel (1836-1895)
Born in Paris on November 12th 1836, Samuel David was admitted at a very young age into the music conservatory, where at the age of 13 he won a first …
30/03/2010
Algazi, Léon (1890-1971)
This article is dedicated to the memory of Jacques Algazi, who passed away on March 1, 2021, 50 years to the day after his father's death, and to Béatrice Algazi, his daughter, who kindly provided many of the elements used to write this tribute …
11/03/2010
Jewish music sources in France
Hervé Roten - Proceedings of the 19th AIBM Congress - July 2001 and presentation of his research work …
