The Lord's song in a strange land : music and identity in contemporary Jewish worship / Jeffrey A. Summit.

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...

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Main Author: Summit, Jeffrey A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series:American musicspheres.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages) : illustrations, music
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780195347562
0195347560
9786610704101
6610704104
9780195116779
0195116771
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.