Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century America : Restoring the Synagogue Soundtrack.

By: Cohen, Judah MMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2019Copyright date: �2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (345 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780253040237Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century AmericaLOC classification: ML3776 .C644 2019Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Accessing Supplemental Materials -- Introduction -- 1. Early Strata: Of Choirs and Reform through the Mid-Nineteenth Century -- 2. The Sound of German Jewry: Hymnals and Singing Societies in Wilhelm Fischer's Zemirot Yisrael -- 3. Bildungsmusik: G. M. Cohen, B'nai B'rith, and the Voices of American Jewish Cultivation -- 4. Musical Populists: G. S. Ensel, Simon Hecht, and the Quest for the Singing Congregation -- 5. The 1866 Sulzerfeier: The Viennese Model and the Grandeur of the Urban Worship -- 6. A New Cantor, a New Repertoire: Zimrath Yah -- 7. The Path to the Union Hymnal -- Conclusion: Restoring the Soundtrack of Jewish Life in Nineteenth-Century America -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author.
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.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Accessing Supplemental Materials -- Introduction -- 1. Early Strata: Of Choirs and Reform through the Mid-Nineteenth Century -- 2. The Sound of German Jewry: Hymnals and Singing Societies in Wilhelm Fischer's Zemirot Yisrael -- 3. Bildungsmusik: G. M. Cohen, B'nai B'rith, and the Voices of American Jewish Cultivation -- 4. Musical Populists: G. S. Ensel, Simon Hecht, and the Quest for the Singing Congregation -- 5. The 1866 Sulzerfeier: The Viennese Model and the Grandeur of the Urban Worship -- 6. A New Cantor, a New Repertoire: Zimrath Yah -- 7. The Path to the Union Hymnal -- Conclusion: Restoring the Soundtrack of Jewish Life in Nineteenth-Century America -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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