The Music Traditions of the Ashkenazi Jews and Radical Jewish Culture: A Brief Outline of the Definitions and Content of Jewish Music in the Past and Nowadays

• Authors: Luiza Zapiór

Abstracts

EN

The main purpose of this paper is to describe John Zorn’s approach to klezmer music and Jewish music tradition in general. The text has been divided into shorter sections. The first part of the article is dedicated to providing an overview of problems concerning the definition of Jewish music. The second part focuses on analysing klezmer motifs in John Zorn’s selected works and Jewish symbols present in the visual component of his recording projects. The last section contains a summary and conclusions.

Keywords

EN

Jewish music; instrumental music; John Zorn; Radical Jewish Culture; contemporary music

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Koło Naukowe Studentów Muzykologii UJ
• Journal: Kwartalnik Młodych Muzykologów UJ
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 4(47) ENG
• Pages: 215-227

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Luiza Zapiór

• The University of Warsaw

• https://orcid.org/0000000317754880

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Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/23537094KMMUJ.20.049.13922

Biblioteka Nauki

2176271