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Culminating a trilogy by one of ethnomusicology's most innovative and distinguished voices, this books is as much about the nature of Jewish music and its historiography as it is about history, modernity, and the poetics of narrative itself. * Ruth F. Davis, University Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, Fellow of Corpus Christi College Cambridge *

<br> Culminating a trilogy by one of ethnomusicology's most innovative and distinguished voices, this books is as much about the nature of Jewish music and its historiography as it is about history, modernity, and the poetics of narrative itself. --Ruth F. Davis, University Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, Fellow of Corpus Christi College Cambridge<p><br> Uncovering the intricate layers of meaning found in the archeology of 'Jewish music, ' Bohlman provides innovative perspectives towards a sophisticated reading of this concept. He modulates between disparate contexts of performance, styles, genres, academic endeavors and individuals to create a distinctive tapestry of intersecting connotations. A welcomed addition to ongoing discourses about music, politics of identity, and post-modernity. --Edwin Seroussi, Emanuel Alexandre Professor of Musicology, Hebrew University in Jerusalem<p><br> Makes a number of important contributions to scholarship on Jewish music...Casts important light on scholarly and historical practices and definitions. --Music & Letters<p><br> Bohlman's meticulously researched book is highly sophisticated in its argument, innovative in its approach, and original in its insights into a wealth of new materials, and as such presents a valuable contribution to scholarship on Jewish music, Jewish history and historiography. --Musica JudaicaOnline Reviews <br><p><br> Bohlman's meticulously researched book is highly sophisticated in its argument, innovative in its approach, and original in its insights into a wealth of new materials, and as such presents a valuable contribution to scholarship on Jewish music, Jewish history and historiography. --Musica JudaicaOnline Reviews<p><br> Culminating a trilogy by one of ethnomusicology's most innovative and distinguished voices, this books is as much about the nature of Jewish music and its historiography as it is about history, modernity, and the poetics of narrative itself. --Ruth F. Davis, Universitye

<br> Culminating a trilogy by one of ethnomusicology's most innovative and distinguished voices, this books is as much about the nature of Jewish music and its historiography as it is about history, modernity, and the poetics of narrative itself. --Ruth F. Davis, University Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, Fellow of Corpus Christi College Cambridge<p><br> Uncovering the intricate layers of meaning found in the archeology of 'Jewish music, ' Bohlman provides innovative perspectives towards a sophisticated reading of this concept. He modulates between disparate contexts of performance, styles, genres, academic endeavors and individuals to create a distinctive tapestry of intersecting connotations. A welcomed addition to ongoing discourses about music, politics of identity, and post-modernity. --Edwin Seroussi, Emanuel Alexandre Professor of Musicology, Hebrew University in Jerusalem<p><br> Makes a number of important contributions to scholarship on Jewish music...Casts important light on scholarly and historical practices and definitions. --Music & Letters<p><br> Bohlman's meticulously researched book is highly sophisticated in its argument, innovative in its approach, and original in its insights into a wealth of new materials, and as such presents a valuable contribution to scholarship on Jewish music, Jewish history and historiography. --Musica JudaicaOnline Reviews<br><br><p><br>

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Philip V. Bohlman is a Mary Werkman Distinguished Service Professor of the Humanities and of Music at The University of Chicago. His ethnographic and historical research stretch from the American Midwest across Central and Eastern Europe to the Middle East and South Asia. In addition to his work as a scholar, he is a pianist and the Artistic Director of the Jewish cabaret ensemble, the New Budapest Orpheum Society.

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