The organ and its music in German-Jewish culture
Frühauf, TinaAuthor
Frèuhauf, Tina.Author
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2009.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Organ music
Jews
Music
Music, Dance, Drama & Film
Music History & Criticism, Instrumental