Alphabetical Index to Website Entries: E
Gerard Edery
Gerard Edery, with a wonderful baritone voice, and a classical guitar master performer, often performs Sephardic and his own original compositions. He has several recordings as well as a songbook of his music. Edery is a member of several groups, including The Sons of Sepharad, The Gerard Edery Ensemble, Flamenco Sepharad, and the Gerard Edery/Laura Wetzler Duo
http://www.gerardedery.com/
Edinburgh
Symposium on Jewish Music, University of Edinburgh
A conference site for the Sumposium on Jewish Music held at the University
of Edinburgh held in October, 1996 with a listing of conference precedings.
Links to past events such as the ESEM European Seminar in Ethnomusicology,
held in Oxford in 1994, with full text of selected papers presented are
archived online at this site. Papers of Jehoash Hirshberg and Susana Weich-Shahak
of Hebrew University and are available fulltext.
http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/research/conferences/
Wendy Eisler-Kashy, flute; See: Jerusalem Lyric Trio
Ellie's Torah Trope Tutor
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.ellietorah.com/index.html
Sylvain Elzam
Cantor Sylvain Elzam has released six CDs of music including Piyyutim, Selichos, with chazzanos for Sephardic and Ashkenazic nusach traditions. He also has recorded some songs in Ladino.
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/7468/mycd.htm
Emil Zrihan
The cantor from Ashkelon, Israel, who keeps the Moroccan liturgical tradition alive and well is an international sensation. His recordings and concerts are selling wildly in the world music scene, and are extraordinary by any standard. He blends traditional Jewish Moroccan music with Muslim and Spanish flemenco sounds, to name a few. Well worth investigation.
http://www.piranha.de/records/english/all_1260.html
Hélène Engel
Canadian. Originally born in France, Helene has lived in Montréal for more then 10 years. classically trained singer performs in Yiddish, English and French Ms. Engel performs in various shows within and without the Jewish community. She also occasionally serves as a cantorial soloist at Temple Emanu-El in Montreal. She is also a music therapist, and works in such things as healing services, oneg shabbat in long term care units etc. Ms. Engel has performed in opera in Paris and other locations in France, in such roles as Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro; in Le Pont des Soupirs (Isabelle) at Théâtre de Paris. She has toured Europe and Canada. She has recorded 4 CDs. Her recordings include Chansons traditionnelles juives; La Serena - Chansons judéo-espagnoles; Errances; and Ay Lu Lu.
http://www.helene-engel.com/
Ensemble DRAj
A German ensemble that has put together an album of Jewish songs.
http://www.draj.de/
Ensemble M'chaiya
Don Jacobs, Terran Doehrer, Jutta Distler. According to their press release: "The Ensemble M'chaiya is Chicagoland's original revival klezmer band, founded in January 1983. Their repertoire includes Sephardic, Yiddish, and Hebrew songs. The band leads folks through line and circle dances... The Ensemble M’chaiya shapes its distinctive sound with mandolin, violin, flute, accordion, guitar, tof, and clarinet. Bouzouki, drum set, and bass, can be added. Band size ranges from duet to sextet. M’chaiya has pleased audiences in concert, at festivals, schools, universities, synagogues, clubs, and parties. Engagements have included two tours of Denmark, Chicago’s P.O.C.E.T. Jewish Festival every time since 1986, a special “Thanks to Scandinavia” commemoration program, National Public Radio, as well as opening a concert for Israel’s famous singer, Yehoram Gaon." The website includes photos and testimonials.
http://www.modalmusic.com/mc.html
Eric Zeisl
The grandson of Eric Zeisl has mounted an extensive website devoted to the composer. An excellent source of academic materials.
http://www.primenet.com/~randols/zeisl/zeisl.html
Erich Korngold Society
Erich Korngold, one of America's greatest Hollywood film composers, and forerunner of people such as John Williams, died in 1957, but is finally gaining more of his well deserved recognition. A website devoted to Korngold and his music has been mounted by the Korngold Society. It includes biographical information, a listing of his general musical works, film scores, discography, major books about the composer, archival photos of the composer, and a link to an online webcast of "die tote stadt" (which requires a subscription).
http://www.korngold-society.org
Esim, Janet and Jack Esim Ensemble
Turkish musicians performing Judeo-Espagnol songs and Sephardic music. Janet was born in Ankara in 1965 and Jak was born in Ýstanbul in 1958. Together they have made several albums, including Judeo Espanyol Ezgiler (1989) with Erkan Ogur and Antik Bir Hüzün (1992) with Erkan Ogur and Okay Temiz. Also, Nezih Yesilnil, (Bass); Murat Ozbey, Bülent Ortacgil and Erkan Ogur (Fretless Guitar, Oud)join them for their European concert tours.
http://www.oz-ist.com/janetandjak.html
Essev Bar
A modern "Galilean" Israeli band with roots in world music, blending styles of many cultures. Website includes mp3 sound clips from several of their CDs.
http://www.essev-bar.co.il
Ethnomusicology Online
A peer reviewed webjournal with full text and multi-media presentation given in conference format with no bibliographies. Scholarly and general submissions in ethnomusicology and related disciplines are accepted. Homesite is located at the University of Maryland--Baltimore County with mirror sites at the University of California School of Arts and Architecture and University of Bologna Department of Music and Theater. Articles such as: "Music, Myth and History in the Mediterranean: Diaspora and the Return to Modernity" by Michael Bohlman and "On Jewish and Muslim musicians of the Mediterranean" by Amnon Shiloah appear fulltext.
http://research.umbc.edu/eol/
Even Sh'siyah
Six musicians from Chicago got together and are creating original music, some lyrics taken from traditional texts. Musical influences are eclectic, reflecting "rock, folk, reggae, bluegrass, Middle Eastern, and jazz."
http://www.TheWayJewsRock.com/frameset.htm
Evergreen
If you want to listen to Irish music, but still support a Jewish group in Israel, then this is for you. Michal and Gal Shachar, and Eitan Hoffer along with former Riverdance percussionist, Abe Doron, founded a group that is touring Israel performing traditional Irish music. Based in Ma'ale Zvia, in the Galilee, the group, Evergreen, Yarok Ad in Hebrew, plays a host of various instruments. They have also composed some original songs in the genre. The website gives some information on purchasing a CD and going to their concerts. Maybe the music will make Israel greener, (but a little more rain would help as well). One can always hope-- and that's the brilliance of planting the Irish sound in the rockier soil of Israel. Sweet.
http://www.evergreen.org.il/home.html