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27/09/2016
Rosh Hashanah, 1st part
Listen to a selection of tunes of Rosh Hashanah by perfomers such as Albert Kirch, Marcel Lorand, Jan Peerce, l’Ensemble Alla Francesca …
21/09/2016
Songs by Jews from Algeria, 1st part
A small glimpse to the role of Jewish musicians for the creation and transmission of the Algerian musical heritage Settled on the land of today’s Algeria since the antique times, …
21/09/2016
Les Cinq pièces pour orchestre op. 16 d’Arnold Schoenberg
The Aedem Musicae just published a study by Alain Poirier dedicated to the Five pieces for orchestra op. 16 by Arnold Schoenberg. An occasion to plunge into the artistic and cultural context of the year 1909, and to understand this surprising work by Schoenberg …
20/09/2016
Schönberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
Arnold Schönberg – or Schoenberg – was a Jewish Austrian composer, music theorist, and painter. Born on September 13, 1874 in Vienna, he died on July 13, 1951 in Los …
14/09/2016
Engel, Hélène
Helene Engel is a classically trained singer, musicologist, composer, lyricist and arranger. A native of Paris, France, she is a specialist in Jewish folklore singing in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Judeo-Spanish, …
14/09/2016
Judeo-Spanish songs 2nd part
Listen to the playlist dedicated to Judeo-Spanish music … Judeo-Spanish is the vernacular language of the descendants of Jews chased from the Iberian Peninsula in 1492 and 1497. Following their …
14/09/2016
Jüdische Volkslieder gut gemischt
The EIJM just received a collection of 33 RPM discs, among them "Fredy Durra singt Jüdische Volkslieder gut gemischt". …
07/09/2016
Art music, 2nd part
From the Baroque period to the present day, many Jewish composers have written works inspired by Judaism or reflective of their times.Listen to a selection of works by Reynaldo Hahn, Fernand …
07/09/2016
Il Mantovano Hebreo
The EIJM just recieved this CD comprising 30 music pieces written by Salomone Rossi, aka "Il Mantovano Hebreo" …
05/09/2016
Cahen d’Anvers, Albert (1846-1903)
Albert Cahen was a French composer, born in Anvers on January 8, 1846 and deceased in La Turbie on February 27, 1903. Raised in a family of bankers, the Cahen d’Anvers, he was the student of César Franck. He got famous in particular for his operettas, and his "melodies" which will lead him to posterity. When he passed away in 1903, his Grand Concert Piano, Erard, that he acquired following the advice of his master César Franck, was moved to the family castle of Champs-sur-Marne …