By Ezra Mendelsohn
This quantity examines music's position within the technique of Jewish assimilation into the trendy eu bourgeoisie and the function assigned to track in forging a brand new Jewish Israeli nationwide id, in keeping a separate Sephardic identification, and in maintaining a conventional Jewish lifestyles. Contributions comprise "On the Jewish Presence in 19th Century ecu Musical Life," through Ezra Mendelsohn, "Musical existence within the crucial eu Jewish Village," through Philip V. Bohlman, "Jews and Hungarians in sleek Hungarian Musical Culture," through Judit Frigyesi, "New instructions within the track of the Sephardic Jews," by way of Edwin Seroussi, "The Eretz Israeli music and the Jewish nationwide Fund," by way of Natan Shahar, "Alexander U. Boskovitch and the search for an Israeli Musical Style," through Jehoash Hirshberg, and "Music of Holy Argument," via Lionel Wolberger. the quantity additionally comprises essays, ebook reports, and an inventory of contemporary dissertations within the box.
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