Synagogue Song - An Introduction to Concepts, Theories and Customs

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan L. Friedmann is a professor of Jewish music history at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, and Extraordinary Professor of theology at North-West University (South Africa). He is the author, editor or compiler of eleven other books on music and religion. Visit his website at jonathanfriedmann.com. Klappentext Throughout history, music has been a fixture of Jewish religious life. Musical references appear in biblical accounts of the Red Sea crossing and King Solomon's coronation, and music continues to play a central role in virtually every Jewish occasion. Through 100 brief chapters, this volume considers theoretical approaches to the study of Jewish sacred music. Topics include the diversity of Jewish music, the interaction of music and identity, the emotional and spiritual impact of worship music, the text-tone relationship, the musical component of Jewish holidays, and the varied ways prayer-songs are performed. These distillations of complex topics invite a fuller appreciation of synagogue song and an understanding of the ubiquitous presence of music in Jewish worship. Zusammenfassung "This book introduces theoretical approaches to the study of Jewish sacred music. Major topics include the diversity of Jewish music! the interaction of music and identity! the emotional and spiritual impact of worship music! the text-tone relationship! the musical component of Jewish holidays! and the varied ways prayer-songs are performed"--Provided by publisher. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction      I. Foundations, Functions and Figures      What Is Sacred Music?      Music and Civilization      A Most Ancient Ritual      Musical Supervisors      Community and Liturgy      Sacred Time, Sacred Sound      Practical Functions of Synagogue Music      A Resonant World      Singing Metaphysics      Sanctification      Music as Language      Beauty in Sacred Song      Some Thoughts on "Traditional" Synagogue Music      Creating a Synagogue Musical Tradition      The Development of Jewish Music Traditions      Judging Synagogue Song      The Problems of Meaning      Conformity and Survival      Charismatic Tunes      Jewish Youth and Musical Change      Nusach Variations      Sacred Classics      Sing a New Song      Musical Layers      A Shir Koddesh      Instruments of Worship      Richard Dawkins and Synagogue Song      Darwin, Heschel, Music, and Marriage      Liturgical Hits      The Legacy of Jack Gottlieb      II. Spirituality, Emotions and Identity      Religion, Emotion and Music      The Divine Lover of Music      To Edify and Glorify      Six Songs in the Hebrew Bible      Music, Prayer and Concentration      An Instrument Divine      Singing Is Believing      From Heart to Heart      Moods, Modes and Musical Meaning      Mystery and Melody      Singing, Health and Prayer      Heart and Mind      Serving God with Joy      Niggunim and Augustine      Holy Noises      Songs Without Words      Hymns of Praise      Stereotyping Synagogue Sounds      Singing for Joy      Being the Music      Absolute Music, Absolute Worship      Fight Songs and Fighting Words      Musical Taste, Musical Fact      Ethnicity in Jewish Music      Historicism and Futurism      Music and the Mitzvah of Nostalgia      Musical Minhag      Identity and Memory      Performing Identity      Diversity and Balance      III. Holidays and Liturgy      Shabbat Singing      Music and the Moods of Shabbat      Opening Songs on Shabbat      Vayekhulu and the Renewal of Time      Reinterpretation Through Song      Thanksgiving Every Week      The Modern Origins of an "Ancient" Tune      Springtime and the Song of Songs      Song of Redemption      Sound of the Sea      Akdamut and the Power of Song      Songs of Renewal      Moses, Music and Eurocentrism      The Curious Case of ...

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan L. Freidmann, Jonathan L. Friedmann
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.05.2012
• EAN: 9780786470617
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-7061-7
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works