The Maurice Arrouasse Collection

A big collection of Oriental music!

The archives deposited by Maurice Arrouasse, big collector of Oriental music, gather more than 300 audio documents on various medias, from 78 RPM discs to Cd’s.
It encompassed several music labels which produced singers such as Line Monty, Jo Amar, René Perez, Salim Halali, Sami Elmaghribi…

These archives are now available on the catalog of our collections (Browse the Maurice Arrouasse’s collection)
or by taking an appointment with the European Institute of Jewish Music (contact@iemj.org)

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