"The land where two streams flow" : music in the German-Jewish community of Israel / Philip V. Bohlman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bohlman, Philip V., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews, German--Israel--Music--History and criticism.

Jews, German.

Music--Israel--History and criticism.

Music.

Israel.

Physical Description:

xviii, 257 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1989]

Summary:

When Central European Jews began leaving Europe during the 1930s, they took with them their rich musical heritage. By the time the state of Israel was established in 1948, that heritage had blended into an exciting new musical culture noteworthy in part because of the ethnic diversity on which it was based.

In this study of musical life in the German-Jewish community, Philip Bohlman examines that community's contributions to the musical life of modern Israel, showing how the dynamic interaction between the Central Europeans and other immigrant groups made the new musical culture truly national in scope. The German-Jewish community has been swayed by a number of contradictory forces: orthodoxy and emancipation; religious devotion and an intellectual life devoted to the pursuit of knowledge; the community and the world encompassing it.

Bohlman examines the musical life of the community historically, first as a product of the transformation of modern Jewish society in the nineteenth century and then as an integral characteristic of an immigrant group fleeing the destruction of the Holocaust. He looks at folk, classical, and religious repertories, the ritualization of chamber music, the establishment of orchestras and music academies, and the contributions of individual musicians.

Contents:

1. The Cultural Legacy of the German Aliyah 15

2. The Awakening of a Modern Community 31

3. Folk Music and Emerging National Consciousness 47

4. Mannheim on the Eve of World War II 79

5. Ethnicity and Western Art Music 100

6. The World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine 116

7. The Creation of an Urban Musical Culture in Israel 139

8. The Immigrant Musician 165

9. The Immigrant Composer 182

10. Hausmusik 211

11. A Sense of Community, a Sense of Nation 227

Appendix Consultants during Fieldwork 239.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 241-247.

ISBN:

0252015967

OCLC:

18414881