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Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology. ^A402582
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Introduction: the spontaneity of prayer -- Cultures in contact through music -- History of the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn -- Syrian liturgy and prayer books -- Syrian musical life: the Maqām system as practiced in Brooklyn -- Sabbath morning service -- Birkhot ha-Shaḥar and zemirot -- Shaḥarit -- Torah service and Musaf -- Overall design of the Syrian Sabbath morning service -- The Maqāmāt and the weekly biblical reading -- Aesthetics, performance practice, and maintenance of Syrian liturgy -- Conclusion: Judeo-Arab synthesis in the Syrian Sabbath liturgy. |
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CD contents. Birkhot ha-sha?ar seyga formula (David Tawil) -- ha-Shem Melekh (David Shiro) -- Zemirot seyga formula (David Tawil) -- Barukh she-amar ; Halleluyah, hellelu kel be-kadsho (Moses Tawil) -- Mahalalakh (Isaac Cabasso, Hyman Kaire, Meyer Kairey) -- Mahalalakh ; Nishmat kol ?ai (Gabriel Shrem) -- Nishmat kol ?ai (Isaac Cabasso) -- Nishmat kol ?ai (Ephraim Avidani) -- ?awwid min hina (Zaki Murrad) -- Boʾi be-rinah ; Shavʾat aniyyim (Isaac Cabasso) -- Seme?im be-tseitam (Yehezkel Zion, Ephraim Avidani) -- Magen yishʾi ; Shavʾat aniyyim (Moshe Dweck) -- Il-?abib (Zakrīyā A?mad) -- Kel ?abib ; Kaddish ; Ashrei ha-am (Moses Tawil) -- Mizmor le-David (Yimlokh ha-Shem le-Olam) -- Keter ; Hu eloheinu to melody Yershalayim shel zahav (Yehezkel Zion, Ephraim Avidani). |
| Abstract |
Syrian Jews in Brooklyn, New York, number more than forty thousand and constitute the largest single group of Jews from Syria in the world. Their thriving community includes fifteen synagogues in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, where the practice of singing Arab melodies is a cornerstone of their religious services. This book investigates the multidimensional interaction of music and text in Sabbath prayers of the Syrian Jews to trace how Arab and Jewish traditions have merged in this particular culture, helping to illuminate a little-known dimension of Jewish identity and Jewish-Arab cultural interaction. Based on fieldwork conducted in 1990-91, the author worked closely with the leading Syrian cantors who maintain the community's traditional practices and pass them on to the next generation. The author's research demonstrates that Arab culture is manifest in the liturgy of Syrian Jews on many levels. Namely, the maqam system, the modal scales of Arab music, organizes Syrian liturgy through the adaptation not only of Arab melodies but the aesthetics of Arab musical practices, including the extra-musical associations of maqamat that determine which of the eleven modes is to be used. The author contextualizes the music and liturgy of Syrian Jewish worship within the disciplines of ethnomusicology, Judaic and cultural studies, and anthropology. A 23-track audio supplement of liturgical chanting is available for download at wsupress.wayne.edu/maqamandliturgy. Though the process of adapting Arab music and aesthetics into a Jewish liturgical context dates back to the tenth century, the perpetuation of two interconnected Middle Eastern cultures in America is a unique phenomenon. This book brings the fascinating culture fusion of the Syrian Jews to the attention of a wider audience, including scholars and teachers of Jewish studies, Middle Eastern studies, anthropology, and ethnomusicology. |
| Local note | JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER : MusicLib CD-10704. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008020369 |
| ISBN | 9780814332160 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814332161 (cloth : alk. paper) |
