On Jewish Music: Past and Present

by Joachim Braun

Overview

On Jewish Music, partly a retrospective, is a collection of articles on the history of Jewish music and covers aspects of Jewish musical culture from the earliest days of musical activities in ancient Israel/Palestine through the centuries of the Diaspora to modern Israel. Especially stressed is the ethnic aspect of archaeological evidence from ancient Israel. Discussed are the place of iconography in renaissance Hebrew manuscripts, the art of klezmer music, musical life in the former Soviet Union, and the sociological aspects of musical life in modern Israel. The discussion is accompanied by illustrations of archaeological artifacts, Hebrew manuscript illuminations and music examples. The volume is accessible to interested readers and scholars alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631630389
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	10/10/2011
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	434
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joachim Braun is Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He is author and editor of several books and numerous articles in leading professional encyclopedias and periodicals striving for an interdisciplinary approach, discuss hermeneutics and sociological aspects of music, matters of organology and iconography of music, Jewish/Israeli and Latvian musical cultures.

Table of Contents

Contents: Biblical Terminology of Music Instruments – The Near Eastern Context – Music History of Ancient Israel/Palestine – Ethnicity – Jews in Soviet Music – The Large Forms of Klezmer Music – Christian and Jewish Religious Elements in Music – The Musical Landscape in Israel/Palestine.