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Author: Sarah M. Ross ,
Miranda Crowdus
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.558kg
ISBN: 9781666904390
ISBN 10: 1666904392
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 16 September 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
"""A fascinating study of the many processes by which (Jewish musical) heritage is constructed. Sarah Ross shows how Christian and Christian-inflected values have shaped the memory, promotion, and performance of synagogue music in post-1945 Germany, often at the expense of Jewish perspectives. Highly recommended!"" --Anthony Kauders, Keel University"
"If there was any doubt about the unique contribution that ethnomusicology can offer to contemporary Jewish studies, then the incisive critique of the politics and economics of synagogue music in contemporary Germany by Sarah Ross shows its subversive potential with lucidity. Framing the results of her long-term ethnography among agents active in the production of music in present-day German-Jewish communities and non-Jewish institutions along theoretical postulates of Critical Heritage Studies and the idea of the ""moralization"" of post-War Jewish existence in Germany, Ross addresses two sensitive issues: first, how discrete social, political, economic and cultural interests of Jewish and non-Jewish agents determine the criteria for the selective preservation of German-Jewish musical heritage, its circulation and performance in Germany today; second, how meaningful, if at all, is the maintenance and reconstruction of this Jewish musical heritage of the past for members of a young generation of German Jews who have no memories of the pre-War (or even the pre-unification) period or (more commonly) no roots in Germany at all. This is a courageous document that will probably trigger frank discussions regarding the future of Jews and Judaism in one of the most conspicuous lands in Jewish history. --Edwin Seroussi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ""A fascinating study of the many processes by which (Jewish musical) heritage is constructed. Sarah Ross shows how Christian and Christian-inflected values have shaped the memory, promotion, and performance of synagogue music in post-1945 Germany, often at the expense of Jewish perspectives. Highly recommended!"" --Anthony Kauders, Keel University"
Author Information
Sarah M. Ross is professor of Jewish music studies and director of the European Center for Jewish Music at Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media, Germany.
