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29/09/2016
Vieille chanson, les tranchées, Lumière, Matana, Kinnor, Suite yiddish…
10 new music scores complete the EIJM’s catalog. 2 by Fernand Halphen and 8 by Serge Kaufman …
27/09/2016
The Charlie Rosilio Collection
A 33 RPM disc collection, going from the 1950's to the 1970's …
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 …