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Perspectives on Jewish music : secular and sacred / edited by Jonathan L. Friedmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Music--History and criticism.
- Jews.
- Synagogue music--History and criticism.
- Synagogue music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (170 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Perspectives on Jewish Music presents the research and reflections of leading scholars and practitioners of Jewish secular and sacred music. The book's wide-ranging topics are examined from a variety of disciplinary approaches, including theology, ethnomusicology, sociology, and liturgical studies.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 01. A Tale of Four Diasporas: Case Studies on the Relevance of "Diaspora" in Contemporary American Jewish Music; Chapter 02. The Folk and Folk/Rock Movement of the Sixties and Its Influence on the Contemporary Jewish Worship Service; Chapter 03. Humility, Prayer, and the Cantorial Ideal; Chapter 04. Gender and Liturgy in Music: Masculine and Feminine Forms of Language and Ritual in Sephardic Secular and Sacred Music; Chapter 05. Trust the Process: My Life in Sacred Song; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-49583-6
- 9786612495830
- 0-7391-4154-6
- OCLC:
- 700699649
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