03/02/2021
Fromental Halévy (1799 – 1862) – Sa vie, sa musique
The result of in-depth research, this book by Karl Leich-Galland presents the life and work of Fromental Halévy, an Israelite composer considered in his time as one of the masters of the French school of music …
17/11/2020
Hebrew Voices: A journey into Western Jewish music, with analysis and musical examples (in French)
This book takes us on a chronological circuit through 30 works of Jewish music, from the Middle Ages up to today, from Obadiah the Proselyte to Arnold Schoenberg or Michaël Levinas …
04/02/2020
The Jews in Maghreb through their singers and musicians in the 19th and 20th century
Specialist of Iranian Jewish culture, Alain Chaoulli presents in his book a wide panorama of Judeo-Arab-Andalusian music of the three countries from the Maghreb, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia …
29/01/2020
Jacques OFFENBACH
Illustrated biography, released in October 2019 by Editions Bleu Nuit, on the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) …
22/01/2020
Commando Musik
Book written by Willem de Vries, released in October 2019 by Buchet-Chastel Editions, in which are described the process of pillage and dispossession organized by the nazi regime, through the special commando, the Sonderstab Musik, eager to eliminate all mark of Jewish musical culture in Europe …
21/01/2020
Musiques dans les camps nazis
With a frightening description of the nazi concentration camp system, Bruno Giner shows how music can be deflected in order to profit the lowest instincts and absolute horror. A salutary book against the banality of evil …
15/01/2020
Giacomo Meyerbeer
This new volume from the Horizons collection, released in february 2017 by the Editions Bleu Nuit, offers us to meet a master of the French “Grand Opera”, forsaken and misknowned. …
13/11/2019
Isaac Offenbach and his son Jacques
Released in 2019 by Certeza Riopiedras publishing house, Isaac Offenbach and his son Jacques is the first biography dedicated to Isaac Offenbach, Jacques Offenbach's father. …
19/03/2019
Hip Hop in Urban Borderlands
Published in 2019 by the Europäische Zentrum für Jüdische Musik (EZJM) in Hanover, in its collection "Jewish Music Studies", this book Hip Hop in Urban Borderlands is an in-depth research of Hip Hop culture in Israel, in its sociological and ethnomusicological aspects …
05/03/2019
Kurt Weill
Composer and musicologist, Bruno Giner presents and analyses in this new book not only Kurt Weill’s masterpieces but also his life in which shone she who was for long his muse: the singer Lotte Lenya …
