JNE 3582 - Music in Jewish Culture and Society

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Washington University in St Louis

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Description:

The common term "Jewish Music" raises numerous questions that emanate from the difficulty to define "Jewish" identity of any given music. This course deals with various approaches to the definition of Jewish music, perceived as a cultural and sociological component in the Jewish communities throughout the Diaspora. We survey the functions in which music is performed in traditional Jewish communities, especially Jewish liturgy, and the substantial vicissitudes in these musics after the European Enlightenment, European colonialism in north Africa, and in the Mediterranean. We study the background and the different characteristics of selected Jewish communities-Ashkenazic, Sephardic, Italian, Yemenite, and others-as well as instrumental music, questions of gender, and the relationship between music and text. A secondary goal of this course is the study of the bibliography and discography of Jewish musics.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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