The Collections

KZ Musik: Encyclopedia of music composed in concentration camps (1933 – 1945)

Published in 2011 under the direction of Francesco Lotoro, this boxed set of 24 CDs gathers more than 500 pieces of music composed in the concentration camps …

Music and politics in the IIIrd Reich Germany at the eve of the Cold War

Published in 2018 at the Presses universitaires of Paris-Sorbonne, this book by Elise Petit presents an original analysis of musical politics in Germany between 1933 and 1949. …

Punk Rock Hora : Adventures in Jew-Punk land

Published in 2018 in USA, the book Punk Rock Hora : Adventures in Jew-Punk land talks about the musicians who combine punk-rock and judaism, be it at a cultural, identity, musical aspect, or the three at the same time …

THE JACQUES ARNOLD COLLECTION

The Jacques Arnold collection is mainly composed of audio documents of liturgical music from the Ashkenazic rite …

Polka Hanouka

Music score for piano, cornet, violin and doublebass by Isaac Strauss, on the musical theme of Maoz tsur, an emblematic prayer of Chanukah …

Sefardi songs of the former Ottoman Empire / Romances sefardies

Released in 2015, Aman! Sefarad..., by Françoise Atlan and the ensemble En Chordais, gathers 15 tracks of Sefardi music from various Jewish communities, from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Balkans. …

Exiles

In the CD Exiles, the cellist Ophélie Gaillard, accompanied by the philharmonic orchestra of Monte-Carlo under the direction of James Judd, and then by the musicians of the Sirba Octet, perform an original program which gathers Jewish composers who have in common the exile. …

Coplas Sefardies by Alberto Hemsi – Vol.2

Release of the 2nd volume of the Coplas Sefardies by Alberto Hemsi, performed by Assaf Levitin, cantor at the reformed synagogue of Hanover, and the pianist Naaman Wagner …

Monsieur Rêve et Cie

Released in 2006 at the Chandeigne editions, Monsieur Rêve et Cie is a collection of tales, translated in French, of the great Israeli poetess Lea Goldberg. It also contains a CD. …

THE HALPHEN COLLECTION

Since 2006, the EIJM houses the archives of Alice and Fernand Halphen, patrons and musicians, who held in Paris an important music salon between 1900 et 1960 …

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