Jewish Music Its History, People, and Song

Jewish Music: Its History, People, and Song details the importance of instrumental and vocal music to the Jewish people. Rabbi Ronald Isaacs surveys Jewish history and provides a broad study of music in Jewish life.

Acknowledgments

xi

(2)

Introduction

xiii

1 MUSIC IN THE BIBLE

1

(28)

Victory Songs

1

(15)

Therapeutic Music

16

(1)

Music at Life Cycle Events and Community Gatherings

17

(6)

Religious Biblical Music

23

(6)

2 MUSIC AND THE BOOK OF PSALMS

29

(14)

Musical Terms in the Headings of Psalms

30

(2)

Technical Terms Within the Book of Psalms

32

(1)

Musical Instruments in the Book of Psalms

33

(1)

Psalms for the Seven Days of the Week

34

(9)

3 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

43

(8)

The Bible

43

(1)

Percussion Instruments

44

(2)

Wind Instruments

46

(1)

String Instruments

47

(2)

Mixed Orchestra of Daniel

49

(2)

4 THE SHOFAR

51

(8)

A Brief History

51

(1)

Description of the Shofar

52

(1)

When Is the Shofar Sounded and Who May Blow It?

53

(1)

Instrumental Sounds of the Shofar

53

(4)

Reasons for Sounding the Shofar

57

(2)

5 MUSIC IN THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD

59

(6)

6 RABBINIC ATTITUDE TOWARD MUSIC

65

(4)

7 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PIYYUT

69

(18)

A Brief History

69

(1)

Forms of the Piyyut

70

(2)

Sample Texts of the Various Kinds of Piyyutim

72

(15)

8 THE CANTOR

87

(30)

Cantors: Who's Who?

90

(27)

9 BIBLICAL CHANTS AND ACCENTS

117

(14)

Blessing before the Haftarah

119

(2)

Blessings after Concluding the Haftarah

121

(4)

Hand Signs for Torah Reading

125

(1)

Table of Torah Trop Melodies

126

(2)

Nusach, the Musical Motif

128

(3)

10 HASIDISM AND THE NIGGUN

131

(12)

The Niggun from England

133

(3)

The Niggun from Habonim

136

(2)

The Niggun from Galicia

138

(5)

11 NOTABLE MUSIC QUOTATIONS AND LEGENDS

143

(10)

12 THE YIDDISH FOLK SONG

153

(6)

Badchonim, Purim Players, Klezmer, and the Yiddish Theater

154

(1)

A Sampling of Yiddish Folk Songs

155

(4)

13 THE BIBLE IN FOLK SONG

159

(56)

Afro-American Spirituals

159

(2)

The Jewish Folk Song

161

(5)

Ashkenazic Folk Songs

161

(2)

Sephardic Folk Songs

163

(2)

Oriental and Yemenite Songs

165

(1)

Modern Hebrew Folk Songs

166

(8)

Folk Songs of the Land of Israel

174

(1)

Songs of Jerusalem

175

(6)

Songs of Building the Land of Israel

181

(6)

Songs of the Homeland

187

(6)

Songs of War

193

(11)

Songs of Love

204

(3)

Songs of Soviet Jewry

207

(5)

Hava Nagila: The World's Most Famous Hebrew Song of Joy

212

(1)

Hatikvah: Israel's National Anthem

213

(2)

14 ROCKING THE LITURGY: THE EMERGENCE OF "HASIDIC POP"

215

(6)

15 TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEWISH MUSICOLOGISTS, COMPOSERS, AND MUSICIANS

221

(18)

For Further Reading

239

(2)

Index

241

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