Muziker: Yiddish Music Archives
A large collection of recorded and printed resources for the study of traditional klezmer music; available for purchase. Kurt Bjorling is the owner.
http://www.muziker.org/
A large collection of recorded and printed resources for the study of traditional klezmer music; available for purchase. Kurt Bjorling is the owner.
http://www.muziker.org/
Israeli bookshop that offers scores for instruments, a listing of teachers, calendar of news, links, and instruments for sale and other items of interest in music.
http://musicbookshop.co.il/
Jewish Music Distribution, with help from Noa Lachman, has an extensive catalogue of recordings in cd and cassette tape formats as well as sheet music. Their catalogue covers contemporary, klezmer, classical Jewish, Yiddish, religious, Israeli, holiday, Russian, Ladino and so on. They have unique and extensive numbers of materials by British Jewish artists, composers and performing groups. Especially nice is the number of materials for easy piano and other instrumental arrangements for children to become exposed to this music.
Call us free on 0800 7811 686
or on +44 (0)1323 832863 between 0830am and 6pm UK time or leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
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Jewish Music Distribution UK
PO Box 67, Hailsham BN27 4UW, UK
Free Phone: 0800 7811 686
or Tel/Fax +44 (0)1323 832863
and for a local call in the USA dial: 1-508-2753741
http://www.jewishmusic-jmd.co.uk/…
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The Israel Music Insitute (IMI) is a publicly owned publishing house. It is a non-profit organization run by the Israel Ministry of Education and Culture. IMI owns the copyright to some 1700 works, by more than 160 Israeli composers. The IMI catalogue contains orchestra, chamber and choral works. The IMI also serves as the Israel Music Information Centre. The web presentation includes catalogues, including forthcoming publications, and a composers gallery which provides brief biographical sketches of composers and a listing of their compositions.
http://www.imi.org.il/
Provides access to many Jewish songs in piano arrangements.
http://www.free-scores.com/boutique/boutique-uk-divers.php?CATEGORIE=70&style=30&niveau=3
Hannover, Germany. Das Europäische Zentrum für Jüdische Musik, under the direction of Andor Izsák, hopes to reconstruct and document the music of the synagogues that were lost during the time of WWII. Much of the Jewish cantorial, organ music and composers are unknown to most people today in Germany. The Center’s mission is to increase awareness and knowledge. The Center will search after documents, present concerts and sponsor festivals and symposia, and publish music.
http://www.ezjm.de
Dr. Stanley Hoffman, Chief Editor at ECS publishing, has considerably enlarged a Jewish choral composition catalogue at ECS. The catalogue is growing and is available online. ECS Publishing is the parent company of E. C. Schirmer Music Company, Galaxy Music Corporation, Highgate Press, Ione Press, and the record label, ARSIS Audio. ECS incorporated in 1993 in Boston, Massachusetts. ECS Publishing is the exclusive American distributer for Édition Delrieu, Gaudia Music and Arts, Vireo Press, Dunstan House, and Randol Bass Music. ECS is also a non-exclusive distributor of many Stainer and Bell Ltd. products. E. C. Schirmer Music Company remains one of a few American independent classical music publishers in business today.
http://www.ecspublishing.com/jewishMusic.html
Carl Fischer Music Publishers represent many modern Jewish composers including Samuel Adler, Lukas Foss, Jascha Heifetz and Elie Siegmeister.
http://www.carlfischer.com/Fischer/composers.html
Altlernatives in Religious Education Publishing has a video and audio catalog along with other educational materials. “Teachers and parents will want them to play in classroom, home, and car in preparation for holidays and in celebration of the Jewish spirit.” A wide variety of contemporary Jewish performers such as Rick Recht, Sam Glaser and Mark Bloom are represented.
http://www.arepublish.com/audio.html
Alberto Mizrachi is now a world famous cantor and premiere interpreter of Jewish song. He’s often called the “Jewish Pavarotti”. He is cantor at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago. He concertizes all over the world, sings in nine languages, and has appeared in most of the major venues of the world. He’s recorded with the Milken project, been on PBS, and appeared in large concert stages. I first met the cantor, (then known as Abraham Mizrachi), in Cincinnati, as a graduate student when he hired me to be a song leader in a part time job at a local temple where he was cantor. It was there he gave me a gift set of the Coopersmith books The Songs We Sing and The More Songs We Sing and said “here, learn these”.…
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Cantor Miller’s singing career began at age five, singing at many public gatherings, such as “Melave Malka” gatherings, Bar Mitzvahs and other Jewish functions. He acted as head soloist in the Yeshiva Choir and in solo performances. At the age of 18 Cantor Miller accepted the position as Cantor at the Hillside Jewish Center in Hillside, NJ. Benzion Miller is a graduate of Bobover Yeshiva in Brooklyn, NY and the Bobover Yeshiva Kedushat Zion in Bat Yam, Israel. He received his basic knowledge and training in the art of Chazzanut under the guidance of his father, the very popular Cantor and Mohel, Reb Aaron Miller. Cantor Miller studied Music Theory and Solfege under Cantor Samuel B. Taube of Montreal. He studied voice production at the Champagne School for Music in Montreal and with Dr.…
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Born in Los Angeles. Studied cantorial music under Allan Michelson. By age 16, he started leading services for High Holy Days. Cantor Lam holds an Honora Causa from the Jewish Theological Seminary. As the cantor at Midway Jewish Center in New York City, he began commissioning new musical works. In 1976, Cantor Lam assumed his post at Stephen S. Wise Temple. Cantor Nathan Lam has led Stephen S. Wise Temple for over 25 years, and heads the Academy for Jewish Religion s cantorial school. Brad Sherman honored Cantor Lam as having “performed in concerts across the world, appeared on television both nationally and internationally, performed opera and sung his vast Jewish repertoire in a multitude of public appearances. He has released a number of recordings, including `Legacy,’ which represents a landmark collaboration between the talents of the National Symphony of Israel and the kind of Jewish musical innovation exemplified by Cantor Lam, and other well known composers.…
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Australian. “Soloist, Musical Director and Choirmaster for the Melbourne Jewish Male Voice Choir Brett Kaye discovered his love for Jewish music at the age of 6, when he joined the Great Synagogue Choir in Durban South Africa. Ten years later, he succeeded his father as conductor of the choir, a position he held until his immigration to Melbourne in 1993. On arrival in Melbourne Brett took up the position of Musical Director of both the North Eastern Synagogue Choir and the Keren Or Choir. It was at this time that Brett commenced his formal training in operatic studies, which culminated in him winning the coveted “Lygon Street Festa Best New Voice of the Year” award sponsorship, by the then Victorian State Opera His prize was a ticket and scholarship to study opera in Italy and London.…
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Cantor of the great synagogue in Jerusalem He studied chazzanut with his father, and with cantors Leib Glantz, Shlomo Ravitz and Moshe Kossevitzky. He later graduated from the Royal College of Music in London. He is currently director of the Tel Aviv Cantorial Institute.
http://www.thecantors.com/herstik.htm
Cantor specializing in the Portuguese and Spanish traditions. Cantor Halfon is currently recording a set of two compact discs for a co-production of the Jewish Historical Museum of Amsterdam and Beth Hatefutsoth – The Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, Tel Aviv . His website includes clips of the classically trained baritone. Cantor Halfon is familiar with the New York, Amsterdam, London and Yerushalmi versions of the Portuguese and Spanish liturgical musics.
http://danielhalfon.com/
Mark David runs an online catalog for books, music, videos and computer software all concerned with Yiddish. Several of the recordings he is selling have samples to audition the music online.
http://store.yv.org/
For purchasing and hearing samples of music. Look under “world” music for cantorial and klezmer musical samples, such as recordings by the Klezmer Conservatory Orchestra. There are also Israeli and Middle Eastern recordings to play. Requires Real Audio. Offers an index of recordings by artists.
http://www.tunes.com
Torah Tots is devoted to Jewish materials for very young children. The music section features the lyrics and MP3 or ra files of their songs. The style is rather a simple easy rock style.
http://www.torahtots.com/music.htm
The Virtual Listening Station is an extensive list of excerpts from recordings using Real Audio. Tara Publications is both a publisher and distributor of Jewish music of all genres. Their website includes access descriptions of scores, books and sound recordings. Their page links to websites of active recording and performance artists and groups, and includes brief biographical sketches of artists and composers.
http://www.jewishmusic.com/
Sound clips of Chasidic music.
http://members.aol.com/mendelsing/music.htm
A media intensive site, this page is a project of the Shema Yisrael Torah Network. It consists of a selection of webpages by various artists which provide a listing of their books and records with their contents. All sorts of music including children’s, religious, Yiddish and Israeli and American Jewish secular songs are included. The jukebox experienced difficulties frequently.
http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/music/
The Abayudaya music was recorded by Kohavim Tikvah, the youth singing group of the Abayudaya Congregation.
http://www.ubalt.edu/kulanu/shalom.html
Midi Citi provides some online Jewish songs, mounted by a British fan.
http://www.skaye.dircon.co.uk/midi/Jewish/index.htm
A guide to radio stations broadcasting in Real Audio called “Mike’s World”. Scroll down to Israel and there are six different stations that can be listened to from Israel live. Must have Real Audio capabilities. Can listen to everything from Israeli “top-40-style” to Chassidic music.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/place/abn39/lint.htm
Israel at Eurovision. A website about the KdamEurovision Song Contest, a yearly music contest held in Israel for popular music. The top winners go on to the Eurovision contest, which is a coveted prize in popular music in Europe and leads to large recording contracts. This kdam website includes a listing for every contest held since 1973 with information and weblinks about the artists and songs. This site is a good place to learn about a history of pop music in Israel although there is no confirmation about the qualifications of the source of this information
http://www.brynjar.com/adar/kdam
This website by John Kalish serves as a small radio archive of broadcasts from various NPR programs that deal with Jewish music topics. It also contains various columns by the author written for newspapers and wire services.
http://www.jcn18.com/newstand/kalish/
The Jewish Music Network includes online wave files for over 70 songs online with a searchable index by title or artist. Stereo sound is available.
http://www.jewish-music.com/
The Jewish Song online archive contains more than 100 audio clips of Jewish music online on the Internet. Real Audio is required. Ashkenaz and Sephardic songs are mounted including songs from rabat Morocco, Shlomo Carlbach and Chasidic niggunim.
http://www.613.org/music/niggun.html
One of the largest, and diverse collection of Jewish music clips on the Internet.
Features children’s CDs of Pearl B., Craig Taubman and Karen Goldman. Includes audio files. The JCLLA site also features lists of age appropriate books.
http://www.jclla.org/audio.htm
Midi files of music. Catagories listed as: Religious, Folk, Dance, Klezmer, and Modern. Lots of good electronic music.
http://members.aol.com/israelmidi/
A Latin American website devoted to the Jewish kehillah, including this extensive MIDI library of Jewish music. Started in La Plata, Argentina, the network has “…over 1000 members, including Jews living in Argentina, Israel, Canada, the United States, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Mexico, Spain, Bolivia, Brazil, and other countries. [They] have also held Mesibas [meetings] in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Israel, the United States, Mexico, and Venezuela.”
http://www.hebreos.net/MIDIS/index.html
A really exciting site from Hanover, Germany promoting Israeli, Jewish, Yiddish and Klezmer music as well as other cultural activities of Judaism from central Europe. Sophisticated Real Audio Direct Streaming Sound 24 Hours “radio” as well as sound selections from recordings. Features many selections of popular Israeli artists, old recordings, chazzanuth and much more. Features cultural sites and information about Jewish communities from Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Austria as well as other European nations.
http://www.hagalil.com/shirim/index.htm
Ellie Wackerman of Agudas Achim Congregation in Alexandria, Virginia, has taken the time to mount a Torah Trope tutor on the web. She provides standard Torah trope for Shabbat and holidays, including High Holy Days, the three pilgrimage Festivals (Shalosh Regalim) of Passover, Sukkot and Shavuot, and the trope for Purim. Ellie has a provided simple clear notation along with the trope.
http://www.mat.net/~ewackerm/index2.html
Y.S. Gutfreud, the sound engineer, should be credited for paying close attention to the quality of the music coming over the web from this site, as well as being sensitive to your download times. The chassidic site gives alternative forms for hearing some selected niggunim (songs)with full computer information for you to make judgements about what you’d like to receive.
http://www.kesser.org/audio/niggun.html
The Brooklyn (NY) Sephardic Community network (Shaare Zion Congregation) includes several sections on music including Sephardic Pizmonim with instrumentation and links to other Sephardic Resources.
http://www.bsz.org/bszmain.htm
A listing of 31 Midi files for Adon Olam are a great feature of this website!
http://members.tripod.com/~Animzmirot/anim.html
Dovid Teitelbaum has made Shabbat Zmirot available in real audio files. The website is a project of Camp S’dei Chemed International. They are also adding stories from the weekly Parsha. Look for more additions to this site.
http://www.campsci.com/rvideo/friday_night.htm
Custom midis of Jewish songs by Aryeh Steiner for his page. The arrangements are “watered down versions of the originals.” He also includes reviews of recordings, mostly of Orthodox artists.
http://www.geocities.com/keyboardguy/midis.html
Mostly 4 voice, polyphonic midi files of Jewish z’mirot and holiday songs. MIDI files are provided for the piece as a whole, individual parts, and sections. Thanks to David ben Or, Choir Director of Gan HaLev, and also Andreas Wittenstein for allowing JMWC be able to share this website.
http://www.ganhalev.org/zmirot/zmirot.html
Music distributor for new recordings of Jewish, classical and jazz music. They produce unique, new, high quality music for its recordings, both sacred and jazz and world music.
http://www.zcmusicgroup.com/category/index.php?new=1
Orthodox music tapes for sale including Mordecai Ben David, Avraham Fried, Michoel Streicher, Shlomo Carlebach, Mindy Werdiger; Famous Cantors; Children’s Choirs such as Tzalil V’Zemer and Miami Boy’s Choir; and Chassidic music such as Musicali and Belz. Ordering and shipping information is on the main page.
http://www.jerusalembooks.com/tapes.htm
Israeli recordings distributed. 230 7th Ave. NYC. 212-691-1934.
Their email is:spear230@aol.com
This database catalogues the Robert and Molly Freedman Archive of Jewish Music at the University of Pennsylvania Library. It contains 1720 recordings, which comprise 24886 selections.
http://www.cs.uky.edu/raphael-cgi-bin/yidsong.cgi
Tzadik releases avant garde and experimental music, including a division labeled “radical Jewish culture”, “Japan series” and “lunatic fringe.” John Zorn is the creative talent organizing and producing this music. Many will be fascinated by the eclectic blend of American jazz, world music, Jewish, contemporary classical and other elements. Real Audio segments give an audio window on this world.
http://www.tzadik.com/
A recording for Jewish children by Stephen Melzack. The website has online samples.
http://www.twocandles.com
The Tara Publications website. Tara Publications is both a publisher AND distributor of Jewish music of all genres. Their website includes access descriptions of scores, books and sound recordings. An extensive list of excerpts from recordings are available using Real Audio. The site includes a collection of brief biographical sketches of artists and composers of materials they are selling. Their page links to websites of active recording and performance artists and groups.
http://www.jewishmusic.com/
Provides information and distribution of the recordings, song books and videos of Debbie Friedman, Julie Silver, and Randee Friedman. Fans of these Jewish women songwriter/singers will find this a very convenient site. Children’s music is designated by a special icon. Distributes recordings of dozens of other artists.
http://www.soundswrite.com/
This commercial site contains brief biographical sketches of recording artist, including some classical musicians who are Jewish.
http://www.music.sony.com/Music/index.html
With stores in Brooklyn and Queens, this online website gives only the 800 number to call for ordering. They list Israeli CD’s, books, videos, games and software. 1-800-737-8853. Also try 718-382-9128 for local phone calls. There is a parallel Hebrew site, and some pages are only in Hebrew.
http://www.sifrutake.com/main_e.html
To order music online, made easy. Subject categories for various types of music. Some review comments on some CDs.
http://www.alljudaica.com/music_quick_list.asp
An exciting site that includes all sorts of information on obtaining music for Israeli dancing.Very comprehensive. Based at: 10 Ha’arba’a Street,Tel-Aviv 64739 Israel.Tel: 972-3-5620447.Fax: 972-3-5613651. rokdim@rokdim.co.il
http://www.rokdim.co.il/
Renanot Institute is dedicated to rescuing music of people “whose musical traditions are being forgotten.” The website includes over 300 items of Jewish music and over 3,000 songs and poems and is sponsored by Shema Yisrael Torah Network. It is located at the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem, Israel. The Institute houses a collection of Jewish musical instruments from various traditions. The website provides access to a catalogue for information about and purchase of scores and cassettes for Jewish liturgy in Ashkenaz, Sepharad, Moroccan and Yemenite traditions including the Shabbat and festival liturgies, the parashat havshavua and even entire the cantillation of the entire Torah.
http://www.renanot.co.il/
Ohradio is a music website sponsored by IsraelVisit. Ohradio is a new Jerusalem-based producer of music CD’s and audio dramas. The first two releases are The Mysterious Golem of Prague, a full length audio drama, starring Leonard Nimoy (Startrek’s Mr. Spock), and PROPHECY, Music from the Kabbalah.
http://www.israelvisit.co.il/ohradio/index.html
NMCity is a record company in Israel. The website provides multimedia access to a wide range of genres in Israeli music.
http://www.nmc-music.co.il/
Classical music distributor. some Jewish titles.
http://www.musicabona.com/catalog/BM0018-2.html
The Jewish Music Network, now a large website for selling Jewish recordings, videos and films, has a vast array of material available online of all genres.
http://www.mostlymusic.com/
Magda is a small label, whose “existence is based on the welcome possibility of Jews and Arabs of the region coming together in peace. The label’s aim is to combine the musical expression of different cultures in this same geographical sphere.” Performers such as the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra, Yair Dalal and the East West Ensemble are represented. Website features Hebrew and English, new releases, a catalog and ordering information. http://www.magda.co.il/
Helen Chuckrow has published a casette of selections of biblical cantillation. She is active in Briarcliff Manor, NY
http://www.bestweb.net/~mafseek/
A Judaica store located in Brookline, MA that carries a selection of Jewish music CD’s as well as other gifts, ketubot and books. It currently offers ordering through its website.
http://www.kolbo.com/index.html
Knitting Factory Records list music of the Jewish alternative movement, including such artists as Pharoah’s Daughter, Frank London and Hasidic New Wave.
http://www.knittingfactory.com/
Commercial website that has lots of Israeli children’s music for sale of all types. CDs, DVDs and tapes are all for sale. The websit is in English.
http://www.kiddiegifts.co.il/
An online catalog of musical recordings can allow purchases through this website. Prices are listed. Many Orthodox CD’s are listed, including children’s music.
http://www.jerusalembooks.com/tapes.htm
Lists Jewish music by category including children, toddler, lullabies and contemporary among other more common categories, such as Israeli, klezmer and holiday.
http://www.jewishstore.com/Music/index.html
Jewish Music Distribution, with help from Noa Lachman, has an extensive catalogue of recordings in cd and cassette tape formats as well as sheet music. Their catalogue covers contemporary, klezmer, classical Jewish, Yiddish, religious, Israeli, holiday, Russian, Ladino and so on. They have unique and extensive numbers of materials by British Jewish artists, composers and performing groups. Especially nice is the number of materials for easy piano and other instrumental arrangements for children to become exposed to this music.
Noa Lachman
Jewish Music Distribution
PO Box 67
Hailsham BN27 4UW
UK
Free phone: 0800 7811 686
Tel/Fax: (44) 01323 832 863
Website: www.jewishmusic-jmd.co.uk
email: orders@jewishmusic-jmd.co.uk
An online ordering house that specializes in traditional, Chassidic and religious music from a variety of Israeli CD producers. Uses a “secure online ordering”, according to the website.
http://www.jewishcd.com/
Primarily a performance venue for classical music, the Jerusalem Music Centre has several ongoing projects that include audio productions with Israeli composers as well as performers, and some music specifically on Jewish themes. Look under their “productions” section of the website for information on the contents of these CDs.
http://www.jmc.co.il/
A joint Dutch/Israeli shop located in Amsterdam that includes chassidic, Israeli, Jewish and folk music. It contains a section on the Eurovision contest and you can obtain recordings for every Israeli entry since 1973. Also includes sections for Trance style and Metal musics, videos.Provides access to purchasing Jewish music to a non-Israeli audience. “From the main page (and from actually any other page), you can access seven music categories. CD’s are arranged alphabetically, by the artist’s last name …Using the search engine – You can search for your favorite artist…” Website information includes hours and directions.
Israelism, Vijzelgracht 61, 1017HP, Amsterdam, Netherlands.Tel: +31-20-420-9330. Fax: +31-20-420-9322. contact:info@israelism.com
http://www.israelism.com/shop/fmain.htm
Offerings online for recordings for sale in a variety of including songs for children, various Jewish ethnic groups, Yiddish and Israeli music.
http://www.israeliscent.com/IsraelStore/IsraelMusic/e-music.htm
Online record shop for Israeli artists. Includes pop, rock, hip-hop, classical, ‘oriental’, children,and trance, punk and Turkish, Ladino and more. Includes CDs, DVD and CD-ROM. Artists lists and subject make finding selections easy. Lots of good clips.
Israel Media offers a large selection of Israeli and Jewish multimedia products: music, software, videos and DVDs, for institutions and private customers, retail and wholesale. They have Judaic Studies Software, Jewish Educational resources, Jewish Clipart and computer programs for learning Hebrew on CD-Rom, for children and adults. They sell a complete line of Israeli films (both DVD and VHS), historical documentaries, rare Yiddish movies and music, and more. The music selections encompass cantorial, Sephardic, traditional, popular and general Israeli/Jewish music. Israel Media are worldwide distributors of the complete line of the award winning Davka software. Order and buy online at their secure website. They ship worldwide, with no mailing fee.
http://Israel-Media.com
A German site for obtaining recordings of Israeli music with sound bites online in Real Audio.
http://www.pr-net.de/Isra-Musica/
A brief discography about the recordings of Mickey Katz with links to contemporary musicians who keep the music alive.
http://www.bayscenes.com/ind/spidra/katzdisco.html
Hebrew and English website of the Israeli recording company with information on their artists and how to obtain recordings. This website is so hip and busy, it’s hard to read, but may be worth the wading to many Israeli pop music fans.
http://www.hed-arzi.co.il/
Hatikvah Music, located in Los Angeles, California, offers Yiddish, Klezmer, Ladino and Cantorial cassettes and CDs; domestic and imports. Hatikvah, an outgrowth of Norty’s Music founded by Norty & Clarice Beckman in 1948, is the oldest Jewish music store in the U.S. As a retailer/distributor, they have extensive and in-depth selections of Jewish Music available and are the exclusive distributor for various European labels looking for distribution of their Jewish titles. Phone: (323) 655-7083
Hatikvah Music Int., 436 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, Ca., 90036
http://www.hatikvahmusic.com/
Website for Mostly Music.located at:
4815 13th Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11219
Online ordering of recordings, CDs, videos and movies. Many Orthodox selections.
http://www.getasong.com/
Online website for buying albums and DVDs from Israel.
http://www.bne.co.il/eshop-israel.com/