Re: Modern Jewish Composition

[Fred Jacobowitz <fredj...>]

Paul, 
        Depends on who is making the definition. To some, it is music by 
Jewish composers (in itself, a problematic classification). Others view 
it as "art music", i.e. modern 'classical' (as in Stravinsky, etc.) music 
with Jewish melodies or on Jewish topics (such as the shoah). Still 
others include the more commercial end of it such as Klezmer or modern 
Hassidic music, etc. Get the idea? Hope this helps.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Mon, 25 Dec 1995, Paul Kriwaczek wrote:

> In article <4blcp8$mv (at) news1(dot)panix(dot)com> kaplan (at) panix(dot)com 
>  writes:
> 
> > 
> > Hi.  I'm interested in finding out who is composing modern Jewish 
> > compositions,
> >  particularly for the concert 
> > hall.
> 
> 
> Please, what is a modern Jewish composition?
> 
> -- 
> Paul Kriwaczek 
>