http://creatingjudaism.com/blog Judaism from an Academic Perspective Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:22:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://creatingjudaism.com/blog/2007/02/13/music/ http://creatingjudaism.com/blog/2007/02/13/music/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:29:39 +0000 Administrator http://creatingjudaism.com/blog/2007/02/13/music/ Jewish music provides a perspective that text can’t: The music that appeals to different Jewish communities is often deeply indicative of larger social and religious values. When the “high tradition” of choral synagogue music developed in nineteenth century Europe, for example, it reflected certain notions of both decorum and God’s transcendence. Now a website has collected a large number of Hebrew songs, many if not most liturgical. See “An Invitation to Piyut.”

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