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SHBAHOTH - SONGS OF PRAISE IN THE BABYLONIAN JEWISH TRADITION
FROM BAGHDAD TO BOMBAY AND LONDON |
| By: |
Sara Manasseh, Professor Keith Howard |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£140.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0754662993 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780754662990 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
25 October, 2012 |
| Series: |
SOAS Musicology Series |
| Pages: |
318 |
| Description: |
Brings a significant, but less widely-known, Jewish repertoire and tradition to the attention of both the Jewish community (Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Oriental) and the wider global community. This book showcases thirty-one songs and includes English translations, complete Hebrew texts, transliterations and the music notation for each song. |
| Synopsis: |
Sara Manasseh brings a significant, but less widely-known, Jewish repertoire and tradition to the attention of both the Jewish community (Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Oriental) and the wider global community. The book showcases thirty-one songs and includes English translations, complete Hebrew texts, transliterations and the music notation for each song. The accompanying CD includes eighteen of the thirty-one songs, sung by Manasseh, accompanied by 'ud and percussion. The remaining thirteen songs are available separately on the album Treasures, performed by Rivers of Babylon, directed by Manasseh - : www.riversofbabylon.com. While in the past a book of songs, with Hebrew text only, was sufficient for bearers of the tradition, the present package represents a song collection for the twenty-first century, with greater resources to support the learning and maintenance of the tradition. Manasseh argues that the strong inter-relationship of Jewish and Arab traditions in this repertoire - linguistically and musically - is significant and provides an intercultural tool to promote communication, tolerance, understanding, harmony and respect.The singing of the Shbahoth (the Baghdadian Jewish term for 'Songs of Praise') has been a significant aspect of Jewish life in Iraq and continues to be valued by those in the Babylonian Jewish diaspora. |
| Illustrations: |
Includes 1 colour and 35 b&w illustrations, 31 music examples and a CD |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited |
| Returns: |
Returnable |