Perspectives on Jewish Music - Secular and Sacred

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Friedmann, Jonathan L. (EDT) Friedmann
• Assisted by: Jonathan L Friedmann (Editor), Jonathan L. Friedmann (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2009
• EAN: 9780739141526
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-4152-6
• No. of pages: 162
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, MUSIC / Religious / Jewish, Judaism, Sacred and religious music, Sacred & Religious Music, Jewish Studies;Religion