Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe book’s expansive timeframe, dispersed geographies, and widely varied musical traditions paint a composite portrait—by way of case study—of a vibrant and multi-layered area of Jewish music, history, and culture. * Thinking On Music *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Musical Exodus, Musical Incoming Chapter 1: Jews, Muslims, and Christians, and the Formation of Medieval Andalusian Music by Dwight F. Reynolds Chapter 2: Judeo-Spanish melodies in the liturgy of Tangier, Morocco: Feminine Imprints in a Masculine Space by Vanessa Paloma Elbaz Chapter 3: The Place of Music in Early Modern Italian Jewish Culture by Daniel Jütte Chapter 4: Fiore d’eterno: Music and Liturgy of the Jews of San Nicandro Garganico by Piergabriele Mancuso Chapter 5: Enlightenment Andalus—Herder’s Search for Mediterranean Modernity in the Jewish Past by Philip V. Bohlman Chapter 6: Modal Trails, Model Trials: Musical Migrants and Mystical Critics in Turkey by John Morgan O’Connell Chapter 7: Jewish Fingers and Phantom Musical Presences: Remembrance of Jewish Musicians in 20th C. Aleppo, Syria by Jonathan H. Shannon Chapter 8: Jewish Musicians in the “Musique Orientale” of Oran, Algeria by Tony Langlois Chapter 9: Tafillalt’s “Soulmate”: A Snapshot on the Israeli Piyyut Revival by Carmel Raz Chapter 10: Islands of Musical Memory: Performing Selihot According to the Codex Siftei Renanot in Al-Andalus, Djerba, Tripoli, and Israel from the Eleventh to the Twenty-first Centuries by Edwin Seroussi Afterword by Stephen Blum Appendix Index About the Contributors
