NEJS184b. Joshua Jacobson. The Music of the Jewish People.
An investigation into the roles that music has played in Jewish life from ancient to modern times, including music in the time of the Bible, Rabbinic attitudes, prayer and scriptural cantillation, music in the Diaspora, polyphony in the synagogue, Jewish concert music, music in the Holocaust, in modern Israel, and in 20th century America. Usually offered every third year.
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