World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936-1940 Jewish Musical Life on the Eve of World War II

Name: World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936-1940 Jewish Musical Life on the Eve of World War II
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ISBN: 9780198162377

ISBN-10: 0198162375

ISBN-13: 9780198162377

Edition: 1992

Authors: Philip V. Bohlman

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Using the documents assembled by the World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine (WCJMP) during the half decade of its activities in the late 1930s, this volume examines the history of European Jewish music on the eve of its destruction. The many voices of the musicians and intellectuals forced to flee from the growing spectre of Nazism speak in this book about the transformation of the Jewish communities of Europe, the difficulties faced before and during exile, and the growing human and cultural tragedy faced by European Jewish culture. Voices of hopefulness also emerge from the documents in the book, particularly as Jewish musicians throughout the world turned to the WCJMP, itself founded…

Book details

List price: $155.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/12/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.56" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.540



Directory to the Documents


Preface


List of Illustrations


List of Abbreviations


Glossary


Note on the Translations


Introduction



European Roots



Organizing the WCJMP in the Diaspora



Organizing the WCJMP Abroad



Social Conditions for Jewish Musicians in Germany and Europe



The Search for Fertile Soil in the New Homeland



History of the WCJMP



Financial Endeavours of the WCJMP



Musica Hebraica



Toward a New Musical Culture in Palestine and Israel



Musical Life in Palestine during the 1930s



Aesthetics of Jewish Music


Epilogue: The Music History of the WCJMP: `Clues to a Puzzle, a Meaning to the Meaningless'


Appendix: Inventory of the Archives


Bibliography