Perspectives on Jewish Music

Secular and Sacred
Herausgeber: Friedmann, Jonathan L.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 409g
• ISBN-13: 9780739141526
• ISBN-10: 073914152X
• Artikelnr.: 26846939

Autorenporträt

Jonathan L. Friedmann is cantor of Bet Knesset Bamidbar in Las Vegas, Nevada and editor of Jewish Sacred Music and Jewish Identity (2008), The Value of Sacred Music (2008), and Music in Jewish Thought (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1. A Tale of Four Diasporas: Case Studies on the Relevance of
"Diaspora" in Contemporary American Jewish Music
Chapter 4 2. The Folk and Folk/Rock Movement of the Sixties and Its
Influence on the Contemporary Jewish Worship Service
Chapter 5 3. Humility, Prayer, and the Cantorial Ideal
Chapter 6 4. Gender and Liturgy in Music: Masculine and Feminine Forms of
Language and Ritual in Sephardic Secular and Sacred Music
Chapter 7 5. Trust the Process: My Life in Sacred Song