[1]The Tedeschian Jews are Ashkenazi Jews who originated in Germany, and immigrated to…

… through a theoretical discourse. Eventually, these two last social processes blurred the distinction between the … of this project.     …   … Such developments were made socially feasible through the development of networks of … negotiating subjectivities, especially in periods of rapid social and technological transformation. By perceiving the …

… who had not enjoyed formal training. Chapter 3 covers the functions of music in daily life in Ethiopia and in Israel, … I describe. They also reflect a progressive engagement with social theory and particularly with race and Afro-Diasporic studies for understanding how social processes are intertwined with musical practices. In …

Contemporary American Jewish Music Chair: Ruth HaCohen Joel E. Rubin, Department of…

… introductory niggunim of various origins, structures and functions. These niggunim are sung at the opening of the …

… forced secularization, unemployment, economic stress, social discrimination and more. One of the key lines states, …

… aesthetics of these liturgical performances as well as the social mechanisms that generate them. I recorded this … the cantor in a melismatic melody without clear beat that functions as a transition to the next section. Your browser … analysis reveals the striking amount of historical, social and aesthetical information one can gather from a …

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…