Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 32: Jews and Music-Making in the Polish Lands

Book Overview

With its five thematic sections covering genres from cantorial to classical to klezmer, this pioneering multi-disciplinary volume presents rich coverage of the work of musicians of Jewish origin in the Polish lands. It opens with the musical consequences of developments in Jewish religious practice: the spread of hasidism in the eighteenth century meant that popular melodies replaced traditional cantorial music, while the greater acculturation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906764743
• ISBN13: 9781906764746
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"