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Author Cohen, Judah M., author.

Title Jewish religious music in nineteenth-century America : restoring the synagogue soundtrack / Judah M. Cohen
Published Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 309 pages) : illustrations
Contents Early strata : of choirs and reform through the mid-nineteenth century -- The sound of German Jewry : hymnals and singing societies in Wilhelm Fischer's zemirot yisrael -- Bildungsmusik : G.M. Cohen, B'nai B'rith, and the voices of American Jewish cultivation -- Musical populists : G.S. Ensel, Simon Hecht, and the quest for the singing congregation -- The 1866 Sulzerfeier : the Viennese model and the grandeur of the urban worship -- A new cantor, a new repertoire : zimrath yah -- The path to the union hymnal -- Conclusion : restoring the soundtrack of Jewish life in nineteenth-century America
Summary Jewish Music in Nineteenth Century America looks at key Jewish American musical figures and texts from the 19th century, demonstrating the significant influence central European traditions had during this period and complicating the notion that American Jewish musical traditions "progressed" from solo chant to canters and choirs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 28, 2019)
Subject Jews -- United States -- Music -- History and criticism
Synagogue music -- United States -- 19th century -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
HISTORY -- Jewish.
Jews -- Music
Synagogue music
Synagoge.
Juden
Kirchenmusikpflege
United States
USA
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019000874
ISBN 9780253040244
0253040248
9780253040237
025304023X