The sound of exile : European Jewish refugees in Shanghai, 1938-1947 / Tang Yating.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tang, Yating, author.

Series:

Modern Jewish history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--China--Shanghai--Music--History and criticism.

Jews.

Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai--History.

Jewish refugees.

World War, 1939-1945--Jews--China--Shanghai.

World War, 1939-1945.

Jewish musicians--China--Shanghai.

Jewish musicians.

Jews--China--Shanghai--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition, 2025.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"In this book Tang Yating explores the world of Jewish music-making in Shanghai, focusing on the period between 1938 and 1947. Combining diaspora studies and ethnomusicology, he examines how Central European Jewish refugees employed music as a means of reconstructing cultural identity amid turmoil and displacement"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Jewish musical life in Nazi Austro-Germany (1933–1941)

Pluralistic Shanghai foreign settlements and early Jewish communities

The arrival period: music for identity and livelihood (1939–1942)

The Hongkew ghetto period: music in segregation and for self-salvation (1943–1945)

The postwar period: music for farewell and gratitude (1945–1947)

Contributions outside the community: the Shanghai Municipal Orchestra and local conservatories

Notes:

A significant portion of this book is translated (with revisions and additional text) from Musical Life of Shanghai Jewish Communities: 1850-1950, 1998-2005 (Chinese edition, Shanghai Conservatory of Music Press, 2007).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 20, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Tang, Yating. Sound of exile.

ISBN:

9780815657330

0815657331

OCLC:

1485647444

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license