Re: "The Lachmann Problem"

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I used to have it as my grandfather collected it... I will search his
archive
Noa Lachman
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Bresler" <joel(dot)br (at) verizon(dot)net>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 4:27 PM
Subject: "The Lachmann Problem"


> Dear friends:
>
> Does anyone have this book and if so can you please report to the list on
> the contents of the CD?
>
> Pesah sameach,
>
> Joel
>
> >"The Lachman Problem": An Unsung Chapter in Comparative Musicology
> >Including Unpublished Letters and Lectures of Robert Lachman
> >Yuval Monograph Series
> >By Ruth Katz
> >DanaCode 45-337018
> >ISSN 0334-3758
> >Subjects Yuval: Monograph Series Music
> >Publishing Date: November 2003
> >Language: English   Hardcover   24x17 cm   422 Pages
> >Price: 35 $
> >
> >The Lachmann Problem tells an unknown story about a well-known German
> >musicologist, Robert Lachmann (1892-1939), best known among scholars
whose
> >interest centers on Arabic music.
> >
> >After being ousted by the Nazi regime, Lachmann arrived in Palestine in
> >1935 to join the staff of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. However,
> >many University officials misunderstood his interests, which was
primarily
> >based on a conception that the unfamiliar field of musicology was a
> >"luxury" which the University could ill afford at the time. Presented in
> >this volume are letters and documents, published for the first time,
> >revealing not only a picture of life in Palestine during the 1930's, but
> >providing new information on the early stages of comparative musicology
> >and offer new insights into the thinking of its founding fathers. Others
> >of these documents betray the daily routines, working style and
> >methodology as well as the unanticipated hardships which Robert Lachmann
> >encountered. These are embedded in letters to parents, correspondence
with
> >former colleagues, progress reports, lectures and radio lectures, and
> >petitions to academic and bureaucratic authorities and several brilliant
> >attempts to introduce non-European music to Europeans, and Orientals,
> >Arabs and Jews alike, who were urged to cherish their musical heritage.
> >
> >These documents were chosen primarily for their relevance to an unsung
> >chapter in the history of musicology, which epitomizes Robert Lachmann's
> >trying times.
> >
> >  Comments: CD attached on back cover.
>
>
>
>
>
> Joel Bresler
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