The Lord's song in a strange land : music and identity in contemporary Jewish worship / Jeffrey A. Summit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Summit, Jeffrey A.

Series:

American musicspheres

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Music--History and criticism.

Jews.

Jews--Music.

Synagogue music--Massachusetts--Boston--History and criticism.

Synagogue music.

Judaism--Liturgy.

Judaism.

Jews--United States--Music.

United States.

Massachusetts--Boston.

Synagogue music--United States--History and criticism.

Synagogue music--Massachusetts--Boston.

Ethnic music recordings, Jewish--United States.

Local Subjects:

Ethnic music recordings, Jewish--United States.

Genre:

Music.

Physical Description:

xiii, 203 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Summary:

Across the United States, Jews come together every week to sing and pray in a wide variety of worship communities. Through this music, made by and for ordinary folk, these Jews define and re-define their relationship to the continuity of Jewish tradition and the realities of American life. Combining oral history and an analysis of recordings, The Lord's Song in a Strange Land examines the music in contemporary Jewish worship and explores the diverse links between the music and spiritual and cultural identities. Alive with detail, the book focuses on metropolitan Boston and covers the full range of Jewish communities there and documents a remarkably fluid music tradition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index.

ISBN:

0195116771

OCLC:

64396868