Sonic Ruins of Modernity - Judeo-Spanish Folksongs Today

Sonic Ruins of Modernity shows how social, cultural and cognitive phenomena interact in the making and distribution of folksongs beyond their time. Through Judeo-Spanish (or Ladino) folksongs, the author illustrates a methodology for the interplay of individual memories, artistic initiatives, political and media policies, which ultimately shape "tradition" for the past century. He fleshes out in a series of case studies how folksongs can be conceived, performed and circulated in the post-tradition era - constituting each song as a "sonic ruin," as an imagined place. At the same time, the book overall provides a unique perspective on the history of the Judeo-Spanish folksong.

List of contents

Preface Chapter 1 - Defining sonic ruins of modernity Chapter 2 - Excavating sonic ruins: the modern Judeo-Spanish folksong in context Chapter 3 - From Spain to the Eastern Mediterranean and Back Chapter 4 - Indescribable Female Beauty: the Song of Songs and Sephardic Wasfs Chapter 5 - A Forbidden love: The sanctity of a modern Sephardic female proletarian Chapter 6 - Abraham's vocation, modern invocations Chapter 7 -From Venice to Manhattan: The modern odyssey of Bendigamos Chapter 8 - A garden of sonic ruins and the post-traditional condition Abbreviations Bibliography

About the author

Edwin Seroussi is the Emanuel Alexandre Professor of Musicology and Director of the Jewish Music Research Centre of Hebrew University, as well as visiting scholar at Dartmouth College.

Summary

Sonic Ruins of Modernity shows how social, cultural, and cognitive phenomena interact in the making and distribution of folksongs beyond their time.

Product details

• Authors: Edwin Seroussi, Seroussi Edwin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032276540
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227654-0
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: SOAS Studies in Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; MUSIC / General, The arts: general issues, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Europe / Western, MUSIC / Ethnomusicology, MUSIC / Religious / Jewish, Jewish Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Social groups: religious groups and communities, The arts: general topics, Non-Western music: traditional & "classical"