About this title: David Schiller's study of three works of Jewish music - Ernest Bloch's 'Sacred Service' (1933), Arnold Schoenberg's 'A Survivor from Warsaw' (1947), and Leonard Bernstein's 'Kaddish' (1963) - reveals how, in the mid-twentieth century, the problem of assimilation was acutely felt as the unfinished business of European Jewry, at a time when American Jewry was creating its own distinctive culture (albeit with European roots). He shows how the business of 'assimilating Jewish music' is as much a process audiences themselves engage in when they listen to Jewish music as it is something critics and ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 5/22/2003
ISBN-13:9780198167112ISBN:0198167113
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 5/22/2003
ISBN-13:9780198167112ISBN:0198167113
Description: Fine. 0198167113 Like new and Unread! Text is clean and unmarked! Has a publishers mark. May have minor shelf wear from storage. --Be Sure to Compare Seller Engine Feedback and Ratings Before Purchasing— read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780198167112ISBN:0198167113
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 216x138 mm. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (208) david schiller's study of the jewish music of bloch, schoenberg, and bernstein reveals how, in the mid-twentieth century, the problem of assimilation was acutely felt as the unfinished business of european jewry, at a time when american jewry was creating its own distinctive culture (albeit with european roots). he shows how the business of 'assimilating jewish music' is as much a process ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780198167112ISBN:0198167113
Description: New. David Schiller's study of the Jewish music of Bloch, Schoenberg, and Bernstein reveals how, in the mid-twentieth century, the problem of assimilation was acutely felt as the unfinished business of European Jewry, at a time when American Jewry was cre... read more
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