Research Catalog

Title

Maqām and liturgy : ritual, music, and aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn / Mark L. Kligman.

Author

Kligman, Mark L., 1962-

Publication

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2009], ©2009.

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Details

Description

xiv, 267 pages : illustrations, map, music; 26 cm +

Summary

"In Maqam and Liturgy, author Mark L. Kligman investigates the multidimensional interaction of music and text in Sabbath prayers of the Syrian Jews to trace how Arab and Jewish traditions have merged in this particular culture, helping to illuminate a little-known dimension of Jewish identity and Jewish-Arab cultural interaction." "Though the process of adapting Arab music and aesthetics into a Jewish liturgical context dates back to the tenth century, the perpetuation of two interconnected Middle Eastern cultures in America is a unique phenomenon. Maqam and Liturgy brings the fascinating culture fusion of the Syrian Jews to the attention of a wider audience, including scholars and teachers of Jewish studies, Middle Eastern studies, anthropology, and ethnomusicology."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology

Uniform Title

Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology.

Subjects

• Maqām > New York (State) > New York
• Jews, Syrian > New York (State) > New York > Music > History and criticism
• Arabs > Syria > Music > History and criticism
• Jews, Syrian > New York (State) > New York > Identity
• Shaḥarit
• Sabbath > Liturgy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-249) and index.

Contents

Introduction. The Spontaneity of Prayer -- Pt. 1. Background -- 1. Cultures in Contact through Music -- 2. History of the Syrian Jewish Community in Brooklyn -- 3. Syrian Liturgy and Prayer Books -- Pt. 2. Sabbath Morning Service -- 4. Syrian Musical Life: The Maqam System as Practiced in Brooklyn -- 5. Sabbath Morning Service -- 6. Birkhot ha-Shahar and Zemirot -- 7. Shaharit -- 8. Torah Service and Musaf -- 9. Overall Design of the Syrian Sabbath Morning Service -- Pt. 3. A Judeo-Arab Synthesis -- 10. The Maqamat and the Weekly Biblical Reading -- 11. Aesthetics, Performance Practice, and Maintenance of Syrian Liturgy -- Conclusion: Judeo-Arab Synthesis in the Syrian Sabbath Liturgy -- List of CD Tracks.

ISBN

• 9780814332160 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0814332161 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008020369
• 99932969056

OCLC

• ocn227572515
• 227572515
• SCSB-5459999

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries