Highlights

Box set – I believe

Released shortly after World War II, I believe is a box set of three 78 rpm records (30 cm, mono), featuring six songs from the Jewish resistance and the ghettos of Eastern Europe …

The songbooks of Jewish youth movements

The European Institute of Jewish Music has collected a number of songbooks from Jewish youth movements (EEIF, Histadrut, Youth and Education Department of the Jewish National Fund, etc.) …

The concert posters of Jacques Chalude, known as Ben Baruch

Donated to the IEMJ in 2015 by his son Joël Chalude, the archive of Jacques Chalude, known as Ben Baruch, includes more than 440 documents, including nearly a hundred concert posters and press clippings from the 1930s to 1980 …

Lullabies from all over the world

This 33 RPM disc, dedicated to children, has a beautiful cover in relief inspired by a painting from Henri Galeron …

THE 78 RPM DISCS FROM THE ODEON MUSIC LABEL

A selection of 78 rpm records of Jewish music edited on the music label ODEON between 1909 and 1934 …

LE CANDÉLABRE À SEPT BRANCHES (THE SEVEN-BRANCH CANDELABRA) (1951) BY DARIUS MILHAUD

A handwritten score on tracing paper with a mysterious dedication from Darius Milhaud to Madame Halphen …

Purim – Holiday Music Box

Published in 1951 in the United States, this 78 RPM disc features Purim songs for children …

Léon Algazi’s Sacred Service

Léon Algazi's Sacred Service, presented in 1954 by the composer in his liturgical and musical program Écoute Israël, was recorded on 8 pyral 78 RPM discs recently deposited at the EIJM by his grand-daughter Béatrice Algazi. …

The “Nocturne Ville d’Avrayen” by George Enescu (1881-1955)

An original score from the composer George Enescu, dedicated to Fernand Halphen, rediscovered in the archives of the EIJM …

Chanukah in Song and Story

Discover two 78 rpm records from the 1950s, containing Chanukah songs and prayers performed by Seymour Silbermintz …

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