Contrasts between the internal Jewish music narratives of continuity (“myths”) and the incompatible musical diversity that Jewish music shows (“realities”)
Explores the history of Jewish music research in relation to parallel developments in ethnomusicology and Jewish studies in the American academic world during the twentieth century.
A survey of the main issues on music research from the perspective of Jewish studies emphasizing concepts of cultural studies, such as ethnicity, diaspora, and nationhood.
A critical review of research in Jewish music, its paradigms, ideological underpinnings, agendas, institutions, achievements and limitations. It also offers an extensive bibliography of works published mostly in the first decade of the twenty-first century.
