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Maqām and liturgy : ritual, music, and aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn / Mark L. Kligman.

Penn Museum Library ML3195 .K55 2009 1 v. + CD
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kligman, Mark L., 1962-
Contributor:
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Series:
Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jews, Syrian--New York (State)--New York--Music--History and criticism.
Jews, Syrian.
Jews, Syrian--New York (State)--New York--Identity.
Maqām.
Music.
New York (State)--New York.
Identity (Philosophical concept).
Maqām--New York (State)--New York.
Arabs--Syria--Music--History and criticism.
Arabs.
Syria.
Sabbath--Liturgy.
Sabbath.
Shaḥarit.
Genre:
Sound recordings.
Music.
Physical Description:
xiv, 267 pages : illustrations, map, music ; 26 cm+ 1 audio disc (approximately 38 min. : digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2009]
System Details:
1.4 m/s
digital recording
Contents:
Introduction: the spontaneity of prayer
Cultures in contact through music
History of the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn
Syrian liturgy and prayer books
Syrian musical life: the Maqām system as practiced in Brooklyn
Sabbath morning service
Birkhot ha-Shaḥar and zemirot
Shaḥarit
Torah service and Musaf
Overall design of the Syrian Sabbath morning service
The Maqāmāt and the weekly biblical reading
Aesthetics, performance practice, and maintenance of Syrian liturgy
Conclusion: Judeo-Arab synthesis in the Syrian Sabbath liturgy.
CD contents. Birkhot ha-shaḥar seyga formula (David Tawil)
ha-Shem Melekh (David Shiro)
Zemirot seyga formula (David Tawil)
Barukh she-amar ; Halleluyah, hellelu kel be-kadsho (Moses Tawil)
Mahalalakh (Isaac Cabasso, Hyman Kaire, Meyer Kairey)
Mahalalakh ; Nishmat kol ḥai (Gabriel Shrem)
Nishmat kol ḥai (Isaac Cabasso)
Nishmat kol ḥai (Ephraim Avidani)
Ḥawwid min hina (Zaki Murrad)
Boʼi be-rinah ; Shavʼat aniyyim (Isaac Cabasso)
Semeḥim be-tseitam (Yehezkel Zion, Ephraim Avidani)
Magen yishʼi ; Shavʼat aniyyim (Moshe Dweck)
Il-ḥabib (Zakrīyā Aḥmad)
Kel ḥabib ; Kaddish ; Ashrei ha-am (Moses Tawil)
Mizmor le-David (Yimlokh ha-Shem le-Olam)
Keter ; Hu eloheinu to melody Yershalayim shel zahav (Yehezkel Zion, Ephraim Avidani).
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
ISBN:
9780814332160
0814332161
OCLC:
227572515

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