07/01/2025
Encyclopaedia of British Jewish Cantors, Chazanim, Ministers and Synagogue Musicians: Their History and Culture
Remarkably well-documented, this thousand-page encyclopedia presents the history of the British synagogal music …
18/11/2024
Raphael Elfassy collection
In 2022 and then 2024, Christine Dangremont and Josiane Sberro donated to the IEMJ the archive of Raphael Elfassy (1939-2019), synagogue choirmaster, founder of the Ensemble de Musique Hébraïque de Paris, teacher and publisher of several discs of Jewish music …
10/11/2024
Adolphe Attia Collection
In July 2023, Adolphe Attia donated to the IEMJ a set of photos, programs and concert posters retracing his career as a cantor, to add to his archive of over 250 documents …
17/01/2024
Sefarad in the piano – Toni Costa
Inspired by Judeo-Spanish folk poetry, jazz, early music and the popular rhythms of flamenco, the pianist Toni Costa presents his personal vision of Sephardic melodies on this original album. …
09/01/2024
The Hoffman Book
Presented by Susan Watts and edited by Ilana Cravitz, Dr Hankus Netsky and Dr Hannah Ochner, The Hoffman Book is a remarkable collection of 160 songs compiled in 1927 by Jewish musician Joseph Hoffman (1869-1939) …
09/01/2024
12 Jewish Wedding Melodies
Published in 2020, this score offers us 12 Jewish wedding melodies, arranged for string quartet by British violinist Ilana Cravitz, recognized today as one of the major artists of klezmer music …
09/01/2024
Klezmer Fiddle: a how to guide
This klezmer method (supplied with a CD) by the violinist Ilana Cravitz is suitable for anyone wanting new tunes, play-along parts, or ways to explore klezmer traditional-style playing …
08/11/2023
The Wolf and the Lamb – Live at the Shakh
This album by klezmer legend Yale Strom and his band Hot Pstromi was recorded in the synagogue of Holesov, Czech Republic. Research into the lost traditions from the Holesov synagogue is based on oral histories and old manuscripts …
19/07/2023
PERPETUEL KLEZMER – DENIS CUNIOT
Along with jazz, Klezmer music became involved in the everlasting movement of evolution and creation of the 1980s. In France, Denis Cuniot took and active part in its rediscovery …
24/04/2023
Musique et musiciens de bal – Isaac Strauss au service de Napoléon III
This book by Laure Schnapper, a musicologist specializing in music in France in the 19th century, allows us to discover the personality and work of Isaac Strauss, a composer of Alsatian Jewish origin who made the great people of this word dance and contributed to the growth and prestige of France under Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III …
