15/02/2017
Klezmer : Music, History and Memory
Publication of the latest study on klezmer music, written by researcher, musician and dancer Walter Zev Feldman …
01/02/2017
Oy oy oy gevalt ! Jews and punk
The book Oy oy oy Gevalt! published in 2016 in the USA and written by Michael Croland, is an ethnographic study of the relationship between Jews and punks, particularly through music …
17/01/2017
Four and Twenty Fiddlers, The Violin at the English Court 1540-1690
Four and Twenty Fiddlers gives light for the first time on the history of the origin of the violin in England. An origin marked by the presence of Sephardic Jewish musicians from Venice …
21/09/2016
Les Cinq pièces pour orchestre op. 16 d’Arnold Schoenberg
The Aedem Musicae just published a study by Alain Poirier dedicated to the Five pieces for orchestra op. 16 by Arnold Schoenberg. An occasion to plunge into the artistic and cultural context of the year 1909, and to understand this surprising work by Schoenberg …
27/06/2016
Le grand livre des musiques sacrées du monde
The EIJM just received the latest book by Gérard Kurkdjian, dedicated to sacred music. In 18 chapters, he travels through the great musical traditions in Christianism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Animism …
16/05/2016
“Le silence s’essouffle” – Mort, deuil et mémoire chez les compositeurs ashkénazes
Through the analysis of scholarly (liturgical and secular) and popular repertoires (folk songs, tunes from the Yiddish theaters of Second Avenue, but also songs from the ghettos and camps), this study attempts to understand the way in which music was able to continue to allow the repose of the dead and the return to life of those who had (over)lived …
16/05/2016
Présence juive en Alsace et Lorraine médiévales
A reference work by Simon Schwarzfuchs and Jean-Luc Fray on the places of Jewish hetitage in the Alsace-Lorraine region, in the Middle Ages. Preface by Danièle Iancu-Agou …
29/03/2016
The publications from the Armin Berg Society
Founded in 2003 and based in Vienna, Austria, the Armin Berg Society’s goals are the research on Jewish performing arts before World War II, and their restitution through live shows. …
11/02/2016
Je Chante! Magazine
The latest issue of the magazine Je Chante ! la revue de la chanson française has published an important file on the French-Arab song repertoire, with interviews and articles on Enrico Macias, Line Monty, Blond-Blond, Maurice El Médioni, Salim Hallali, José de Suza, Lili Boniche …
18/01/2016
L’enfer aussi a son orchestre
Book in French. Comes with a CD. An unknown aspect of the history of the music created in the concentration camps. …
