The Collections

Klezmer : Music, History and Memory

Publication of the latest study on klezmer music, written by researcher, musician and dancer Walter Zev Feldman …

Sauvée des cendres (saved from the ashes)

Hélios Azoulay & l’Ensemble de Musique incidentale recreate lost works from music composers of the Holocaust …

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 …

The musical collection of the synagogue of Neuilly (Paris region, France)

On November 1st 2011, the synagogue of Neuilly deposited to the European Institute of Jewish Music all of its musical archives: more than 370 music scores and archives now available for consultation …

The musical collection of the Great Synagogue of La Victoire (Paris, France)

Preserved and digitized by the EIJM, these archives represent the largest collection of Ashkenazi liturgical music in France …

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 …

Jewish music

From purely instrumental klezmer music to chassidic and yiddish songs, from Judaeo-Arabic and Judaeo-Spanish songs to synagogue and art music, the spectrum that Jewish music covers is wide and diverse. …

D’or et de lumière – Or Vezahav – Music for celebrations

With this new CD, the le Baroque nomade, led by par Jean-Christophe Frisch, goes all around the Mediterranean Sea, and takes us on a journey through the Jewish holidays, from Rosh Hashanah to Purim... …

A katsn’ shpring – un saut de chat

Through 12 beautiful songs, the band makes us travel through Judeo-Spanish and Yiddish traditions, with a very personal touch …

Malouf songs from Constantine

Release in the record label MLP of a new anthology dedicated to the famous singer and player of oud Cheikh Raymond. A double CD to rediscover the master of Arab-Andalusian music …

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Religious Initiation (Bat and Bar Mitzvah)

The Bat or Bar Mitzvah marks the entry of boys and girls into religious adulthood. This religious initiation ceremony is…

Circumcision (Brit-Milah)

On the eighth day of life, the boys' circumcision is accompanied by poetic songs celebrating their entry into the Abrahamic…

Holocaust Songs of the Greek Jews

This book presents for the first time 16 songs written or performed by Greek Jews during or after the Holocaust