Studies in Contemporary Jewry e-bog

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 "e;On the Jewish Presence in Nineteenth Century European Musical Life,"e; by Ezra Mendelsohn, "e;Musical Life in the Central European Jewish Village,"e; by Philip V. Bohlman, "e;Jews and Hungarians in Modern Hungarian Musical Culture,"e; by Judit Frigyesi, "e;New Directions in the Music of the Sephardic Jews,"e; by Edwin Seroussi, "e;The Eretz Israeli Song and the Jewish National Fund,"e; by Natan Shahar, "e;Alexander U. Boskovitch and the Quest for an Israeli Musical Style,"e; by Jehoash Hirshberg, and "e;Music of Holy Argument,"e; by Lionel Wolberger. The volume also contains essays, book reviews, and a list of recent dissertations in the field.