Language:
English
Pages:
168 p
,
illus
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
1967
DDC:
783.0296
Keywords:
Werner, Eric
;
Jews Music
;
History and criticism
;
Synagogue music History and criticism
;
Judaism Liturgy
Description / Table of Contents:
Music in the Bible.--Musical instruments in the Bible.--The music of post-Biblical Judaism.--Role of tradition in the music of the Synagogue.--What function has Synagogue music today?--Ideas and practices of liturgical music.--Practical applications of (Jewish) musical research.--Rise and fall of American Synagogue music.--Solomon Sulzer, statesman and pioneer.--Abraham Zvi Idelsohn, in memoriam
Note:
"This limited edition has been published in honor of Dr. Eric Werner's forthcoming retirement from the faculty of the School of Sacred Music, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion."
,
Includes bibliographical references
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