Representations of Jews in the Musical Theater of the Habsburg Empire (1788-1807)
Symphonies Nos.1 and 2
Composer
Symphony no. 2 with alto solo, solo voices and chorus
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1987
The Music of the Hebrew Bible - The Western Ashkenazi Tradition
Author
An introduction to the Tropes (Te'amim) for the cantillation of the Pentateuch, with special emphasis on the Western European (Ashkenazi) musical tradition. Includes historical notes and musical examples.
Material Type:
Books
Year:
2004
The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: A Late Manifestation of the Musical Trope
Material Type:
Articles in Books
Year:
1968
La pratique musicale savante dans quelques communautes juives en Europe aux XVIIe–XVIIIe siecles
Author
Covers the emergence of the practice of Western Art Music in European Jewish communities (Italy, Southern France, Amsterdam) prior to the nineteenth century. Includes detailed descriptions of the repertoires, their contexts of performance and their composers. This work manifests the implicit desire of Jewish music scholars to inscribe a Jewish presence in the predominant Christian and Eurocentric music narrative of modern Musicology.
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1966
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