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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955299503321

Autore

Summit Jeffrey A

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-19-534756-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

American musicspheres

Disciplina

296.462

781.76

Soggetti

Jews - United States

Synagogue music - United States - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; A Note on Transliteration; Introduction; 1 An Introduction to Jewish Worship; 2 The Meaning of a Tune: The Sabbath Hymn Lekhah dodi; 3 The Meaning of Nusach: Worshippers' Perspectives on Traditional Jewish Chant; 4 Meaning and Melody Choice in Jewish Worship; Conclusion: American Jews and American Religious Experience; Notes; Glossary; Works Cited; Contents of Accompanying CD; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145128303321

Titolo

Environmental microbiology reports

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Hoboken, N.J.], : Society for Applied Microbiology and Blackwell Pub., ©2009-

Soggetti

Microbial ecology

Environmental Microbiology

Écologie microbienne

Ecologia microbiana

Periodical

Fulltext

Internet Resources.

Periodicals.

Revistes electròniques.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Sommario/riassunto

Environmental Microbiology Reports is an online only sister journal to the existing Environmental Microbiology, publishing papers that document a single important finding, described within only the shortest of text and accompanied by a minimal number of tables and figures.