Music in Lubavitcher life
By: Ellen Koskoff.
Series: Music in American life
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Hasidim -- New York (State) -- New York -- Music -- History and criticism; Hasidim -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs; Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs
Genres: Music
Description: "Music in Lubavitcher Life illuminates the world of the Lubavitcher Hasidim, a community of ultra-orthodox Jews centered in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. Drawing primarily on twenty years of close study of the Lubavitcher community, Ellen Koskoff combines lively anecdotes with historical background and musical analysis to reveal music making among the Lubavitchers as a gateway to their ideas about the nature of human spirituality, human social interaction, and God.".

"Along with descriptions of musical performance in religious contexts and private gatherings, Koskoff details the musical sounds and structures that symbolize Lubavitcher social relations. In particular, she examines the differences between Lubavitcher women's and men's music making and the underlying beliefs and assumptions that give rise to gendered musical behaviors, such as the dictum that prohibits men from hearing a woman sing."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-217), discography (p. 205-206), and index.