Physical Description
xxiii, 384 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
pt. 1. Historical survey and analysis. Musical developments in Jewish communities from Biblical times until the end of the eighteenth century
Composers of Jewish descent from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day
Accounting for the preponderance of composers of Jewish descent in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Jewish consciousness
Conclusions.
pt. 2. Biographical sketches of composers [p. 105-372]
Appendix, Lexikon der Juden in der Musik / by Theophil Stengel and Herbert Gerigk [abridged extract of foreword translated into English]. Composers included in the Lexikon der Juden in der Musik who are also included in part II above.
ISBN
0853034826
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Historical survey and analysis. Musical developments in Jewish communities from Biblical times until the end of the eighteenth century -- Composers of Jewish descent from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day -- Accounting for the preponderance of composers of Jewish descent in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Jewish consciousness -- Conclusions.
pt. 2. Biographical sketches of composers [p. 105-372] -- Appendix, Lexikon der Juden in der Musik / by Theophil Stengel and Herbert Gerigk [abridged extract of foreword translated into English]. Composers included in the Lexikon der Juden in der Musik who are also included in part II above.
