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**NEW**ECS Publishing --Jewish Choral Music
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
A.R.E. Publishing
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
Cantor's Assembly of United Synagogue
This site includes organizational information, articles on Jewish music, a listing of recordings and related web sites. The cantor's assembly now has an online store for selling Jewish musical resources including liturgical, choral, educational and Yiddish music scores and recordings. See the catalog.
http://www.cantors.org/sys-tmpl/door/
Das Europäische Zentrum für Jüdische Musik
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
HaTaklit
A record store in Israel that sells CD's, cassettes, videos and sheet music. You can order online and they ship anywhere.
http://www.hataklit.com/
Israel Music Institute
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/
Jewish Music Distribution
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.
Telephone and Fax: 01323-832863
Address: POBox 67, Hailsham, BN27 4UW, UK
jmduk@hotmail.com
http://www.jmht.org/jmd
Music BookShop
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/
Or-Tav Music Publications
Publishers of music from over 100 Israeli composers. Also the site of the Israel Brass Woodwind Publications.Or-Tav is an independent publisher. "...publications include original compositions, arrangements of classical works, ethnic and educational music, collections of Israeli songs, and books on musical topics." Founded by Bruno Reinhardt.
http://www.ortav.com/index.htm
Shawn's Kugel
This site provides scores of klezmer music directly on the web with pdf files. It also includes links to websites of klezmer bands in the Seattle and greater northwest area and a few recipes. (presumably to eat after you play the music).
http://members.aol.com/shawnkugel/kugel.html
Sheet music
Ari Davidow at his Klez Shack site has amassed a list of sheet music publishers and vendors involved with klezmer and chassidic music.
http://www.well.com/user/ari/klez/contacts/klezvendors.html
Shilakowsky Arts
Sheet Music; Original Compositions and arrangements by Harris Shilakowsky. Written by Harris Shilakowsky, former
concertmaster of Charleston, New Orleans, Grand Rapids, and Omaha Symphony Orchestras, and guest leader of the London
Symphony Orchestra. Attended the Thelma Yellin School for the Arts in Israel.
http://ShilakowskyArts.com
Sounds Write Productions
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/
Tara Publications
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/
Theophilous Music, Inc.
Publishing music for Jack Gottlieb. Lists scores and recordings and provides a biography.
http://www.jackgottlieb.com/sys-tmpl/door/
Transcontinental Music
"Transcontinental Music Publications/New Jewish Music Press, the music publishing arm of the Reform movement, publishes a wide variety of musical materials for synagogue and home use. Since it is the largest publisher of Jewish choral music in the world, it serves as the single most important resource for all community groups such as schools, universities, churches, and libraries." Catalog is now online. The Transcontinental catalog is also distributing music from the Cantors Assembly (Conservative). Ordering information included at site. Phone: 800-455-5223. Email: tmp@uahc.org
http://www.etranscon.com/
UAHC Press
The UAHC, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, has published some audio tapes and CD's, now available through their catalog website.
http://uahc.org/press/
VIOLUMP--Musikverlag
A German catalogue for compositions for various instrumental groups, adult and children's music, and choral compositions. Some Jewish klezmer titles. Joachim Johow.
http://www.klezmischpoche.de/violump-Verlag/html/index.html
The Workman's Circle Jewish Book Center
The Jewish Workman's Circle continues to publish not only books, but music, cassettes, and videos for children and adults. They publish in Yiddish and English.
http://www.circle.org:80/public/wcjbc.htm