The Collections

Il gioco delle sorti

Composed by Gilberto Bosco in 2002, with a libretto by Sandra Reberschak, Il gioco delle sorti ("the game of fate" in Italian) is an opera that, like Purim shpil, tells the story of Megillat Esther. This score is now available in our collections …

Tango Ladino, Un sueño

After the albums "A la una yo naci" (Vde-Gallo label) and "Fuente Nueva" (Editions of the EIJM), Keren Esther records her 3rd album, Tango Ladino, Un sueño, with Sefardi songs as well as tangos. …

Mémoire et Cinéma

Ten years after the release of the CD "Romantisme hébraïque", the violinist Isabelle Durin and the pianist Michaël Ertzscheid publish a new record of film music around Judaism and its traditions …

The phonocard Hora Bilu

The phonocard is a sound postcard …

Study and application handbook of the Hebrew liturgy in the Sephardi-Portuguese ritual

The result of many years of work, this handbook by Gilbert Léon, accompanied by 65 CDs, presents an exhaustive vision of the Portuguese ritual of the ancient Marranian communities of South-West of France …

The Icek and Sosza Ita Zalc Collection

This collection, gathering many 33 RPM discs, was deposited at the European Institute for Jewish Music by Jean-Michel Zalc, son of Icek and Sosza Ita Zalc …

Tape cinq ! – Staïffi et ses Mustafa’s

Albert Darmon, known as Staïffi, has just given to the European Institute for Jewish Music two CDs containing 24 of his most famous songs. …

L’Algérie en musique

L'Harmattan has just published "Algeria in Music". Made from record booklets, this book speaks of all styles of music in Algeria …

Comptines du jardin d’Eden

A beautiful book-disc, published in 2005 by Editions Didier Jeunesse, gathering childrens' songs and lullabies in Hebrew, Arabic, Yiddish, and Judeo-Spanish, now available for consultation at the EIJM. …

The 33 rpm disc « Adama » by Israeli singer Ofra Haza

A rare transparent and coloured 33 rpm disc by the Israeli singer Ofra Haza …

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The contribution of Jewish composers to Hollywood cinema

In the 1930s, the rise of totalitarian regimes in Europe forced many Jewish musicians to emigrate to the United States.…

Exile to Hollywood

This album delves into the Golden Age of Hollywood film music, telling the stories of Jewish composers who were forced…

Judeo-Spanish Song: Between Oral Tradition and Artistic Composition

Judeo-Spanish music, passed down orally, evolved from the 1920s onward under the influence of the folklore movement and composers such…