Jewish Music from the Bible to Broadway

Sinopse

This book details the development of Jewish music from the shofar and it's origin in biblical days. the flute, the harp, then Singers took up the melodies. And the songs were Psalms. during the dark ages many of these melodies were Gregorian chants. other subjects. Deal with the differences between Ashkenazic and Sephardic music, how the role of the Chazzan was enlarged, and the influences of Jewish music on classical music, Yiddish theater and Broadway.