| Description |
1 online resource (282 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; copyright page; Preface; I. The Sound of a Thousand Walls; The Taste of River; The Silence of Unsung Songs; Secrets Padlocked Away; Rocks on the Landscape; Silver Thread; Music?; Serenity; The Finger-Telescope's Story; Estranged; II. Voices; "If You Are Moved by the Living ... "; "Only Woods"; III. Shards and Flowers; It's A Tape; "Dayenu."; New World; Grunewald; Tulips; Transliteration; Acknowledgements; Back cover |
| Summary |
Writing on Water is an attempt to grasp the phenomenon of sound in prayer, that is: a meaning in sounds and soundscapes, and a musical essence in the act of praying. The impetus for the book was the author's fieldwork among traditional Jews during the era of communism in Budapest and Prague. In that era the Jewish religion and Jewishness in general were supressed; the rituals were semi-secret and became inward-turning. The book is a witness to these communities and their rituals, but it goes beyond documentation. The uniqueness of the sounds of the rituals compelled the author to try to compre |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Jews -- Europe, Central -- Interviews
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Oral tradition -- Europe, Central
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Orthodox Judaism -- Europe, Central -- History -- 20th century
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Judaism -- Europe, Central -- Customs and practices
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Judaism -- Europe, Central -- Sudy and teaching
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Jews -- Europe, Central -- Music
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Music -- Performance -- Europe, Central -- 20th century
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe, Central
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Communism -- Europe, Central -- History -- 20th century
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Communism
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Jews
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Judaism -- Customs and practices
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Music -- Performance
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Oral tradition
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Orthodox Judaism
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Central Europe
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History
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Interviews
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Music
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789633862582 |
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9633862582 |
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