Modern Jews and Their Musical Agendas

by Ezra Mendelsohn

This volume examines music's place in the process of Jewish assimilation into the modern European bourgeoisie and the role assigned to music in forging a new Jewish Israeli national identity, in maintaining a separate Sephardic identity, and in preserving a traditional Jewish life. Contributions include "On the Jewish Presence in Nineteenth Century European Musical Life," by Ezra Mendelsohn, "Musical Life in the Central European Jewish Village," by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195086171
• ISBN13: 9780195086171
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew Unive
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"