Re: Nusah

[Alex J. Lubet <lubet001...>]

Sight unseen, I'd recommend anything Sam recommends, both because he's a
maven and because I've never seen anything else that I thought really
did the trick, in terms of the anything like clear or concise, although
I'm not sure concise is even a possibility with this subject.  Between
Sam's wisdom and the reputation of Syracuse University's Jewish studies
series, I figure on getting the book myself.

There's an article in a recent Ethnomusicology by Mark Kligman of Hebrew
Union College on the way in which Syrian Jews have adopted and adapted
Arab maqam for davening.  Not exactly what you're looking for of course,
but related and really interesting.  It is concise and very well written
and apparently, if you can get to Brooklyn, there are plenty of shuls or
you can hear about what he's written.

Git shabes,



SamWeiss (at) bellatlantic(dot)net wrote:

>  At 02:29 PM 9/20/02, Bob Wiener wrote:
>
>>  Are there any standard works or articles addressing these issues?
>
>
> For the Ashkenazi world, I highly recommend this recently published
> work which, if the author realizes his plans, will eventually include
> additional volumes with recorded examples:
> "Musical Tradition Of The Eastern European Synagogue: History And
> Definition" by Sholom Kalib
> Hardcover, 320 pages, Syracuse University Press
>
> This link has a good price:
> http://search.barnesandnobl
> .com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0815629273
>
> _____________________________________________________________
> Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ

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