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02/02/2015
Halphen, Alice (1878-1963)
Influenced by the Dreyfus affair in her youth, Alice Halphen, born Koenigswarter and wife of Fernand Halphen, had a lifelong interest in Judaism. An enlightened art lover, she ran a popular music salon frequented by many musicians …
02/02/2015
Salim Halali
Released by Buda Musique in 2012, this CD dedicated to Salim Halali, born in 1920 in Annaba (Ex-Bône) in Algeria, testifies of Judeo-North African songs from the 1940’s until 1965 …
21/12/2014
Yiddishe Fantazye
This authentic record takes us deep into the universe of Eastern European Jewish music, long before the accordion and the clarinet became inseparable from klezmer music …
11/12/2014
Cordoue 21
Six evocative ballads - from Granada to Cordoba, passing through the Balkans, Salonica, Istanbul and even Tunis, Algiers and Paris - construct this album, with the voice of Sandra Bessis, recognized singer of the Sefardi repertoire for more than 25 years, and the voice of Rachid Brahim-Djelloul. …
11/12/2014
Irving Berlin
A musical score collection featuring the most popular songs from the American composer Irving Berlin (1888-1989) …
11/12/2014
Barry Sisters
(From left to right: Claire and Myrna Barry) Myrna and Clara were born in the Bronx, New York, to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Herman and Ester, respectively from Russia and Austria, …
11/12/2014
Alman, Samuel (1877-1947)
Samuel Alman was born in Sobolevka (Russia), in 1877. The sixth child of a family of 14 children, his father was a talmudist and musician, and his mother an amateur …
07/12/2014
Chanukah is coming soon – Concert
Watch excerpts from the Chanukah concert which took place on December 7, 2014, in the Copernic Synagogue in Paris. You will hear the Ensemble Choral Copernic perform the Overture of …
06/12/2014
Chanukah, voices of lights
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY DECEMBER 16, 2014, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05.Enter the celebrations of Chanukah, with the cantor and rabbi Jacques Arnold : from liturgical tunes to children's songs (spinning tops, doughnuts) and popular songs (Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Arabic, Yiddish...) …
16/11/2014
Jewish songs of the 13th century in langue d’oïl and Hebrew
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2014, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. This programme revives the sound life of the Jewish communities of Northern France in the 13th century and their contacts with the poetry and music of the trouvères …