| Uniform title | Orgel und Orgelmusik in deutsch-jüdischer Kultur. English |
| Contents |
The organ, Jewish music, and identity: preliminary remarks -- Jewish "curiosities": the organ in Judaism before 1800 -- The organ as a Jewish religious response to modernity -- Sharing the console: the synagogue organist -- Organ music in Jewish communities -- The aftermath of emigration -- Between assimilation and dissimilation: the Jewish community in the course of modernity. |
| Abstract |
This book examines the powerful but often overlooked presence of the organ in synagogue music and the musical life of German-speaking Jewish communities. The author expertly chronicles the history of the organ in Jewish culture from the earliest references in the Talmud through the nineteenth century, when it had established a firm and lasting presence in Jewish sacred and secular spaces in central Europe. The book presents in-depth case studies that illustrate how the organ has been utilized in the musical life of specific Jewish communities in the twentieth century. Based on extensive research in the archives of organ builders and in the collections of Jewish musicians, this book offers comprehensive and detailed descriptions of specific organs as well as fascinating portraits of Jewish organists and composers. This book will be of interest to performers, students, and scholars of the organ, as well as by students and scholars in historical musicology and Jewish music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008011105 |
| ISBN | 9780195337068 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195337069 (alk. paper) |
