Popular Music and National Culture in Israel
Popular Music and National Culture in Israel

Author: Motti Regev

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2004-04-26

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780520936881

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A unique Israeli national culture—indeed, the very nature of "Israeliness"—remains a matter of debate, a struggle to blend vying memories and backgrounds, ideologies and wills. Identifying popular music as an important site in this wider cultural endeavor, this book focuses on the three major popular music cultures that are proving instrumental in attempts to invent Israeliness: the invented folk song repertoire known as Shirei Eretz Israel; the contemporary, global-cosmopolitan Israeli rock; and the ethnic-oriental musica mizrahit. The result is the first ever comprehensive study of popular music in Israel. Motti Regev, a sociologist, and Edwin Seroussi, an ethnomusicologist, approach their subject from alternative perspectives, producing a truly interdisciplinary, sociocultural account of music as a feature and a force in the shaping of Israeliness. A major ethnographic undertaking, describing and analyzing the particular history, characteristics, and practices of each music culture, Popular Music and National Culture in Israel maps not only the complex field of Israeli popular music but also Israeli culture in general.

Mediterranean Israeli Music and the Politics of the Aesthetic
Mediterranean Israeli Music and the Politics of the Aesthetic

Author: Amy Horowitz

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780814334652

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"An ethnographic study of the emergence of a pan-ethnic style of music in Israel between the mid-1970s and mid-1990s. This two-decade period encompasses the coming of age of the Middle Eastern and North African creators of the grassroots music network in the 1970s and the sea change in the music's reception by mainstream Israeli society in the 1990s.

Music in Ancient Israel/Palestine
Music in Ancient Israel/Palestine

Author: Joachim Braun

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 0802845584

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This book contains the first study of the musical culture of ancient Israel/Palestine based primarily on the archaeological record. Noted musicologist Joachim Braun explores the music of the Holy Land region of the Middle East, tracing its form and development from its beginning in the Stone Age to the fourth century A.D. This is not a study of music in the Bible or music in biblical times but a unique, in-depth investigation of the historical periods and cultures that influenced the music of the region and its people. Braun combines significant archaeological findings -- musical instruments, terra cotta and metal figures, etched stone illustrations, mosaics -- with evidence drawn from written (mainly biblical) texts and anthropological, sociological, and linguistic sources. The portrait Braun assembles of this past musical world is both fascinating and innovative, suggesting a reconsideration of many views long accepted by tradition. Enhanced with numerous illustrations and photographs that bring the archaeological evidence to life, this exceptional work will be a valued resource for scholars, students, and general readers interested in the history of music, biblical studies, Jewish studies, and the cultures of the ancient Near East.

Music in Ancient Israel
Music in Ancient Israel

Author: Alfred Sendrey

Publisher:

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 680

ISBN-13: 9780802223005

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This work is a comprehensive treatment of the music of Biblical and early Talmudic times. It is thoroughly documented, setting forth the origins, forms and ethos of Hebrew music. It draws upon the most recent archaeological discoveries and contemporary Biblical research, dealing not only with sacred music, but also the broad field of ancient secular music which up to now has been only dimly comprehended. Of special interest to the Christian world in this period of ecumenical discussion is the clarity with which Dr. Sendrey interprets the common musical legacy shared between Judaism and Christianity. // Dr. Sendrey is Professor of Musicology at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles and is widely known in the world of musicology for his important Bibliography of Jewish Music, published by Columbia University Press (1951). This work is today the primary source book for Jewish music research and is used throughout the world. // Alfred Sendrey was a Hungarian-American conductor and composer. A pupil of Koessler at the Budapest Academy (1901-5), he worked in Germany, the USA and Austria as an opera conductor, (also of the Leipzig SO, 1924-32), then moved to Paris (1933-40) and finally to the USA, where he completed his studies of Jewish music.

Music in Biblical Life
Music in Biblical Life

Author: Jonathan L. Friedmann

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2013-01-22

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0786474092

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Music was integral to the daily life of ancient Israel. It accompanied activities as diverse as manual labor and royal processionals. At key junctures and in core institutions, musical tones were used to deliver messages, convey emotions, strengthen communal bonds and establish human-divine contact. This book explores the intricate and multifaceted nature of biblical music through a detailed look into four major episodes and genres: the Song of the Sea (Exod. 15), King Saul and David's harp (1 Sam. 16), the use of music in prophecy, and the Book of Psalms. This investigation demonstrates how music helped shape and define the self-identity of ancient Israel.

The Music of Israel
The Music of Israel

Author: Peter Gradenwitz

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13:

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Incorporating the most recent historical discoveries and research of both Israeli and international scholars, Gradenwitz traces the rise and growth of Hebrew and Jewish music from its earliest beginnings to the present and examines the background and state of musical life in Israel today. As in the previous volume, the author explores all historical and musical aspects of ancient, medieval, and modern Hebrew liturgical and Jewish secular music, pointing out Jewish contributions to world music and examining musical cross-relations between the Jews of the Holy Land and those of the Diaspora.

The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Music
The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Music

Author: Joshua S. Walden

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-11-19

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1107023459

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A global history of Jewish music from the biblical era to the present day, with chapters by leading international scholars.

Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy
Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy

Author: Lynette Bowring

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2022-03

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 0253060087

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Musical culture in Jewish communities in early modern Italy was much more diverse than researchers originally thought. An interdisciplinary reassessment, Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy evaluates the social, cultural, political, economic, and religious circumstances that shaped this community, especially in light of the need to recognize individual experiences within minority populations. Contributors draw from rich materials, topics, and approaches as they explore the inherently diverse understandings of music in daily life, the many ways that Jewish communities conceived of music, and the reception of and responses to Jewish musical culture. Highlighting the multifaceted experience of music within Jewish communities, Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy sheds new light on the place of music in complex, previously misunderstood environments.

Jewish Music
Jewish Music

Author: Abraham Zebi Idelsohn

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 9780486271477

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In this landmark of musical scholarship, the leading 20th-century authority on Jewish music describes and analyzes its elements and characteristics, and chronicles its development from the earliest appearance of Semitic song 2000 years ago to the early 20th century. Liberally illustrating every type of music discussed, the book examines the music as a tonal expression of Judaism, Jewish life and the spiritual aspects of Jewish culture.