Ethiopia
28/02/2023
The liturgical singing of the Ethiopian Jews: an Israeli destiny
Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 7:00 pm, at the "Centre d'Art et de Culture de l'Espace Rachi" (39 rue Broca - 75005 Paris), a musical lecture by Simha Arom and Olivier Tourny, organized by the European Institute of Jewish Music, as part of the 18th edition of the Festival of Jewish Cultures …
17/02/2021
Shabbat songs in the Ethiopian rite
A selection of Ethiopian Shabbat songs, performed by a soloist priest and a choral of priests, mainly in ge’ez language - a holy idiom, known only by insiders… …
28/05/2019
Simha Arom, itinerary of an exceptional ethnomusicologist – From Düsseldorf to Jerusalem, from Central African music to those of Ethiopian Jews
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI – JUNE 4, 2019, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8) 21H00 The story of Simha (name that means « joy » in Hebrew) seems to come from a bad book. Born in 1930 in a Jewish family from Düsseldorf, Simha was forced to exile with his family after the Crystal Night (1938) …
26/05/2019
The Liturgy of Beta Israel – Music of the Ethiopian Jewish Prayer
A 3 CD boxset to discover the religious music of Ethiopian Jews. The booklet, written by Simha Arom, Frank Alvarez-Pereyre, Shoshana Ben-Dor and Olivier Tourny, offer us historical, religious and musicological analysis of the music of the Beta Israel …
23/05/2019
The music of the Ethiopian Jews, the Beta Israel
A historic, liturgic and musicologic analysis of the music of the Beta Israel, inspired from the works by Simha Arom, Frank Alvarez-Pereyre, Shoshana Ben-Dor and Olivier Tourny …
26/05/2016
The musical traditions of the Ethiopian Jews
Discover the history and music of the Ethiopian Jews …
24/05/2016
Arom, Simha (1930)
Simha Arom is a world known musician and ethnomusicologist, specialized in traditional music, especially from Central Africa. He also collected music by Jews from Ethiopia, when they arrived in Israel …
04/09/2011
Le chant liturgique juif éthiopien
This book by Olivier Tourny, ethnomusicologist in the CNRS and former director of the French Research Center in Jerusalem, describes in a pedagogical way the fascinating musical tradition of Ethiopian Jews …
25/08/2011
The Ethiopian Jewish liturgical songs
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI – TUESDAY AUGUST 30, 2011, JUDAIQUE FM, 21h05. A radio program with Olivier Tourny, ethnomusicologist at the CNRS, who has devoted nearly 20 years of his life to Ethiopian Jewish music …
11/03/2010
MUSIQUES LITURGIQUES JUIVES, PARCOURS ET ESCALES
This book-disc retraces the history of Jewish music through time and space, with a particular focus on the ancient Marrano communities of south-west France, the extraordinary musical heritage of the Jews of Djerba and the astonishing liturgy of Ethiopian Jews …