Re: student question

[Judy Pinnolis <pinnolis...>]

Thanks all who responded. 
Judy
At 06:14 AM 5/5/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Here are the details for that monograph/senior essay:
>Finegold, Eliezer M.  "Musika Mizrahit:  From the Margins to the
>Mainstream."  Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1996. 41 pp.
>
>It's #2 in the "Harvard Judaica Collection Student Research Papers" series
>published by the Harvard College Judaica Division of exceptional senior
>essays and other similar student material.  Note that these are the same
>people who published Seroussi's pamphlet/article.
>
>And for what it's worth, a collection of essays on Jewish music written by
>students in Kay Shelemay's recent Jewish Music class is coming out very
>soon; so for those interested, stay in touch with them!
>
>Your best way to contact them, in my opinion, would be to call.  Try finding
>the number through Harvard University Information:  (617) 495-1000, and ask
>for "The Judaica Division at Widener Library."  They should be able to patch
>you through.
>
>Be well.
>Judah.
>
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>>From: Joel Bresler <jbresler (at) ma(dot)ultranet(dot)com>
>>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>>Subject: Re: student question
>>Date: Thu, May 4, 2000, 8:47 PM
>>
>
>> There was also an extremely well done monograph on Muzika Mizrahit by a
>> Harvard undergraduate a few years ago. I haven't the details at hand, but
>> you could importune Violet Gilboa in the Judaica Department, Widener
>> Library, Librarian to Librarian (you DO have a secret handshake, don't
>> you?) for the details.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Joel
>>
>> At 01:30 AM 5/5/00 +0200, you wrote:
>>>Judy, Galeet:
>>>
>>>Actually, there's an article (30 pages: not a book, of course) by Edwin
>>>Seroussi in English.
>>>And it is a rather good one:
>>>
>>>Seroussi, Edwin.
>>>Popular music in Israel : the first fifty years
>>>Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library, 1996.
>>>
>>>Enjoy it!
>>>
>>>Francesco
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>To my knowledge, there is no such current book of this sort in English
>>>>(Seroussi's is in Hebrew).  I hear that Amy Horowitz (at the Smithsonian)
>>>>will
>>>>soon be publishing her dissertation on Israeli Mediterranean Music from
a few
>>>>years ago.  I am currently working on a master's thesis on Israeli Middle
>>>>Eastern genres in Israel.
>>>>
>>>>Best,
>>>>
>>>>Galeet
>>>
>>>
>>>>A student came in with a very good question: is there a book on the
history
>>>>of Israeli folk/pop music in English?
>>>>
>>>>I've found chapters and references. Bits and pieces. I've also got a
number
>>>>of books on Israeli composers doing classical music or influenced by
>>>>Israeli folk song, but who has written an actual history of the folk/pop
>>>>genre? Also, very few of the anthologies give dates of composition. Does
>>>>anyone know of a listing of titles of popular Israeli music with dates?
>>>>Some introductions give some dates on some songs in Tara publications, but
>>>>nothing consistent for every selection.
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