On music and non-music in early Christian and Jewish writings
In a groundbreaking monograph on The Music Libel against the Jews Ru th HaCohen deals with music and noise as a dichotomy of conceptual and compositional relevance to works written or performed by Christians and Jews from the Middle Ages onward. She pays special attention to the repercussions of the...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2015]
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The journal of Jewish studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 341-359 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Middle Ages
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history RD Hymnology TE Middle Ages |
| Further subjects: | B
Jewish literature
B Judaism B Middle Ages B Rabbinic literature B Etymology B Christianity B Christian Literature B Musik B Music Religious aspects B Music Theory |
| Summary: | In a groundbreaking monograph on The Music Libel against the Jews Ru th HaCohen deals with music and noise as a dichotomy of conceptual and compositional relevance to works written or performed by Christians and Jews from the Middle Ages onward. She pays special attention to the repercussions of the dichotomy in music of the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. The present study adds a new dimension to the topic by tracing the oscillation between music and noise, or non-music, in two further domains: Latin writings of Christian music theorists and Hebrew writings from within the rabbinical literature. Leading theorists and rabbis from the fifth to seventeenth centuries corroborate the dichotomy as an ideational backdrop to their discussion of music and its evaluation. One question among those asked at the end of the study is the extent to which the dichotomy partakes of the "universality" of notions common to the Judeo-Christian tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-2097 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Jewish studies
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