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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
December 2015
Print publication year:
2015
Online ISBN:
9781139151214

Book description

The term 'Jewish music' has conveyed complex and diverse meanings for people around the world across hundreds of years. This accessible and comprehensive Companion is a key resource for students, scholars, and everyone with an interest in the global history of Jewish music. Leading international experts introduce the broad range of genres found in Jewish music from the biblical era to the present day, including classical, religious, folk, popular, and dance music. Presenting a range of fresh perspectives on the subject, the chapters explore Jewish liturgy, Klezmer, music in Israel, the music of Yiddish theatre and cinema, and classical music from the Jewish Enlightenment through to the postmodern era. Additional contributions set Jewish music in context and offer an overview of the broader issues that arise in its study, such as questions of Diaspora, ontology, economics, and the history of sound technologies.

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'… those who crave more than just a simple definition of a complex religious, ethnic, and cultural musical heritage will enjoy reading The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Music. Much like a traditional Jewish holiday meal, it will leave one feeling full and satisfied.'

Ann Glazer Niren Source: Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association

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Contents


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  • The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Music
    pp i-ii
  • The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Music - Title page
    pp iii-iii
  • Copyright page
    pp iv-iv
  • Dedication
    pp v-vi
  • Contents
    pp vii-vii
  • Music examples and figure
    pp viii-viii
  • Contributors
    pp ix-xii
  • Acknowledgements
    pp xiii-xiv
  • Introduction
    pp 1-8
  • Part One - Conceptions of Jewish music
    pp 9-72
  • 1 - Ontologies of Jewish music
    pp 11-26
  • 2 - Jewish music and diaspora
    pp 27-40
  • 3 - The institutions of Jewish musical meaning
    pp 41-55
  • 4 - Jewish music and media of sound reproduction
    pp 56-72
  • Part Two - Jewish music in religious, folk, and popular contexts
    pp 73-140
  • 5 - The music of Israel during the Iron Age
    pp 75-83
  • 6 - Jewish liturgical music
    pp 84-103
  • 7 - The traditional performance of Sephardic songs, then and now
    pp 104-118
  • 8 - Klezmer music – a historical overview to the present
    pp 119-140
  • Part Three - Periods, places, and genres of Jewish music composition
    pp 141-257
  • 10 - A new song
    pp 156-166
  • Jewish musicians in European music, 1730–1850
  • 12 - The reform of synagogue music in the nineteenth century
    pp 187-200
  • 13 - Under pressure
    pp 201-214
  • Jewish art music, 1925–1945
  • 14 - Music in the Yiddish theater and cinema, 1880–1950
    pp 215-227
  • 15 - Art music in the Yishuv and in Israel
    pp 228-243
  • 16 - Cavernous impossibilities
    pp 244-257
  • Jewish art music after 1945
  • Bibliography
    pp 258-279
  • Index
    pp 280-292

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