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The Lord's song in a strange land : music and identity in contemporary Jewish worship /
Across the United States, Jews come together every week to sing and pray in a wide variety of worship communities. Through this music, made by and for ordinary folk, these worshippers define and re-define their relationship to the continuity of Jewish tradition and the realities of American life. Co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | American musicspheres.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Across the United States, Jews come together every week to sing and pray in a wide variety of worship communities. Through this music, made by and for ordinary folk, these worshippers define and re-define their relationship to the continuity of Jewish tradition and the realities of American life. Combining oral history with an analysis of recordings, The Lord's Song in a Strange Land examines this tradition incontemporary Jewish worship and explores the diverse links between the music and both spiritual and cultural identities. Alive with detail, the book focuses on metropolitan Boston and cov. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195347562 0195347560 9786610704101 6610704104 9780195116779 0195116771 |