The World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936-1940: Jewish Musical Life on the Eve of World War II - Hardcover

Bohlman, Philip V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198162375 ISBN 13: 9780198162377

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Using the documents assembled by the World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine (WCJMP) during the five years of its activities in the late 1930s, this volume examines the history of European Jewish music on the eve of its destruction. The many voices of the musicians and intellectuals forced to flee from the growing spectre of Nazism speak in this book about the transformation of the Jewish communities of Europe, the difficulties faced before and during exile, and the growing human and cultural tragedy faced by European Jewish culture. Bohlman has translated selected documents from the correspondence and publications of the World Centre for Jewish Music, introduced their unique and compelling themes, and provided commentaries on all documents and their authors.

About this title

About the Author

Philip V. Bohlman, Assistant Professor of Music, University of Chicago.

Review

'Philip V Bohlman traces the center's history through his engrossing annotated collection of letters ... he has gone a great way in an unplowed field - illuminating the activities of Jewish musicians in two worlds, at a moment of profound desperation and frenetic excitement
The Jerusalem Post Magazine

'The book's impressive scope reflects the wide range of topics ... The documents and introductory comments especially are fascinating, holding readers' attention with its wealth of knowledge and lucid style ... I ... feel bound to express appreciation for this conscientious accumulation of
much valuable archival material in the pages of a single volume.'
Amnon Shiloah, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Notes, September 1994

`meticulously researched documentary study ... The academic value of such a study goes without saying ... painstakingly compiled and well presented.'
David Fanning, University of Manchester, Journal of Semiic Studies, Vol. 40, No. 1, 1995

`meticulously researched documentary study ... The academic value of such a study goes without saying ... painstakingly compiled and well presented.'
David Fanning, University of Manchester, Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol. 40, No. 1, 1995

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0198162375
• ISBN 13: 9780198162377
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 328