Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century America

Judah M. Cohen

Description

In Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century America: Restoring the Synagogue Soundtrack, Judah M. Cohen demonstrates that Jews constructed a robust religious musical conversation in the United States during the mid- to late-19th century. While previous studies of American Jewish music history have looked to Europe as a source of innovation during this time, Cohen's careful analysis of primary archival sources tells a different story. Far from seeing a fallow musical landscape, Cohen finds that Central European Jews in the United States spearheaded a major revision of the sounds and traditions of synagogue music during this period of rapid liturgical change.

Focusing on the influences of both individuals and texts, Cohen demonstrates how American Jewish musicians sought to balance artistry and group singing, rather than "progressing" from solo chant to choir and organ. Congregations shifted between musical genres and practices during this period in response to such factors as finances, personnel, and communal cohesiveness. Cohen concludes that the "soundtrack" of 19th-century Jewish American music heavily shapes how we look at Jewish American music and life in the first part of the 21st-century, arguing that how we see, and especially hear, history plays a key role in our understanding of the contemporary world around us. Supplemented with an interactive website that includes the primary source materials, recordings of the music discussed, and a map that highlights the movement of key individuals, Cohen's research defines more clearly the sound of 19th-century American Jewry.

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Introduction

1. Early Strata: Of Choirs and Reform through the Mid-Nineteenth Century

2. The Sound of German Jewry: Hymnals and Singing Societies in Wilhelm Fischer's Zemirot Yisrael

3. Bildungsmusik: G. M. Cohen, B'nai B'rith, and the Voices of American Jewish Cultivation

4. Musical Populists: G. S. Ensel, Simon Hecht, and the Quest for the Singing Congregation

5. The 1866 Sulzerfeier: the Viennese Model and the Grandeur of the Urban Worship

6. A New Cantor, A New Repertoire: Zimrath Yah

7. The Path to The Union Hymnal

Conclusion: Restoring the Soundtrack of Jewish Life in Nineteenth Century America

Works Cited

Index

Sujets

• Jewish
• Religious
• HISTORY
• MUSIC
• Jews
• Multiple signal classification
• Jewish studies
• Ethnomusicology
• Central Europe
• Ohio
• London
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 14 février 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253040244
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 30 Mo

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Contents

 Açkoédgméŝ x  Aççéŝŝg Sûppéméà Màéàŝ x

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n December 8, 1999, as part oF my ŝŝéàô ïéô,  àé Ô é à éé çàôà àççû à Né Yô’ŝ éé Ûô Çô éé Sçôô ô Sàçé ûŝç. hà à, é ôà çôŝé éXçéŝ ô çàô Géŝô Eôŝ’ŝ ŝXôûéCàoà Aoogy(ûŝé 1929–69), à çàŝŝç ôûàôà ô ô çàôà éûçàô. hé ŝû éŝ’ éçûôûŝ éàé éŝéàôŝ éçéé ûç àûŝ.  é àé ŝçûŝŝô à ôôé, ôéé, Eôŝ’ŝ àéà éçàé é ŝûéç ô ôôûŝ éàé. Çàôà àçû éŝçé éCàoàA- oogyàŝ Eôŝ’ŝ àé ô  çôà ûŝç àôŝ ô é é éé çéû  Eàŝé Eûôéà çà ŝéŝ à ééé  é ééçéû ŝàôûé. Ôé ŝéô ŝûé çû ô é qûç, ôû,  éŝç é à’ŝ éŝéé çôôŝôŝ àŝ “ŝéçô àé” à éçô é à é “é ô ôû.” Sûéŝ à àçû àé éŝôé  éé éAoogy’ŝ àçé àŝ à ô é çàôà éàç, é qûé àô ŝçûŝŝôŝ ô qûà. hé ŝûŝéqûé çôéŝ çà àçéé ûŝçà àççé  é éééçéû ŝàôûé àŝ à ôà é éà à àé é à ô à ŝûéô ûéŝà ô Jéŝ ûŝç  é éé çéû. hà é ô é é éô,  ôû, éXéé éô é àççû ŝçûŝŝô ô é çàŝŝôô. EXçé ô à é çàôçà çôôŝéŝ ŝûç àŝ Sàôô Sûé, Sàûé Nàûôû, à ôûŝ éàôŝ, é éà é à àé àŝôà çààçé, ôçûŝ ô Jéŝ ûŝçà àûôéŝ ô ŝTé Jéŝ ûŝç ô éàçé ô “ôà àô” ô à ŝçôéàŝé  é àô. Aŝŝû à àô ô é à  Eàŝé Eûôéà Jéŝ ôûàôŝ, ôéôé, ŝûçôŝ àé Aéçà ŝàôûé çô ôŝéŝ ô ŝ é éŝéçà àŝ éàé: ôTé éXçû é ô é ééôé, à éûà ŝŝŝ é àŝ ûôé, ôé çôéçà, ô (ô ôJéŝ çôôŝéŝ) ûçôéçé ô Jûàŝ. Aŝ à àûàé ŝûé  éôûŝçôô ô ééé çqûéŝ ô ûŝçà qûà àŝ ééà çôéàéŝ ô é ôûàéŝ ô é,  àé ŝûç ŝçûŝŝôŝ ô ûé çôŝéàô. Dû ŝàé ôéŝ,  éXôé é ôé ûŝç ŝééŝ ô é éé Ûô Çôéé à ô

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