France

Judeo-Provencal music – The musical traditions of old Jewish communities from the Comtat Venaissin

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI – TUESDAY MAY 10, 2011, JUDAIQUE FM, 21h05. Testimonies about the ancient music of Provencal Jews, with the historian Carol Iancu, the ethnomusicologist Hervé Roten and the musician Alain Huet, creator of the Judeo-Provencal band Nekouda …

Nekouda – Musique judéo-provençale

Music and songs from the ancient communities of Provence performed by the Ensemble Nekouda …

Simon Laks – tribute

With this CD tribute to Simon Laks (1901-1983), the music label EDA continues its musical exploration of works from composers killed, deported, or who survived the Holocaust. Discover 4 beautiful pieces written between 1935 and 1949 …

Algazi, Léon (1890-1971)

This article is dedicated to the memory of Jacques Algazi, who passed away on March 1, 2021, 50 years to the day after his father's death, and to Béatrice Algazi, his daughter, who kindly provided many of the elements used to write this tribute …

Fernand Halphen – Melodies, pieces for piano and chamber music

Pupil of Gabriel Fauré and Jules Massenet, laureate of the Second Grand Prize of Rome in 1896, Fernand Halphen (1872-1917) is the author of numerous melodies, pieces for piano and chamber music. This album received the Orphée d'or 2007 from the Académie du Disque Lyrique. …

The Judeo-Portuguese musical traditions in France

The history of the "Marranos" communities of south-west France has been the subject of various studies, but their musical traditions have never been studied exhaustively …

Jewish music sources in France

Hervé Roten - Proceedings of the 19th AIBM Congress - July 2001 and presentation of his research work …

Shalom Berlinski – The voice of fervor

A rare and beautiful anthology of the French Ashkenazi liturgy sung by Shalom Berlinski, cantor at the Synagogue de la Victoire (Paris) from 1948 to 1979, with Jean Bonfils (organ/piano), the Colonne Orchestra and a mixed choir of 32 singers …