1 online resource (x, 284 pages) : illustrations, music
Contents
The organ, Jewish music, and identity : preliminary remarks -- Jewish "curiosities" : the organ in Judaism before 1800 -- The organ as a Jewish religious response to modernity -- Sharing the console : the synagogue organist -- Organ music in Jewish communities -- The aftermath of emigration -- Between assimilation and dissimilation : the Jewish community in the course of modernity
Summary
This title examines the powerful presence of the organ in synagogue music and in the general musical life of German-speaking Jewish communities in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the development of a new organ music repertoire as a paradigm for the changing identity of modern Jewry
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index
Notes
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English
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