Sara Manasseh

Shbahoth - Songs of Praise in the Babylonian Jewish Tradition (eBook, PDF)

From Baghdad to Bombay and London

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Sara Manasseh brings a significant, but less widely-known, Jewish repertoire and tradition to the attention of both the Jewish community 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 downloadable r

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351900447
• Artikelnr.: 49354843

Autorenporträt

Dr Sara Manasseh is an ethnomusicologist, lecturer and performer of music in the Babylonian Jewish (Iraqi) tradition. She is the founder director of the musical ensemble, Rivers of Babylon (London). Her publications include articles on music in religious and life-cycle events in the Babylonian Jewish tradition. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the role of Iraqi Jewish women in music performance (London 1999). Sara was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), and moved to London in 1966. Her family, originally from Baghdad, settled in Bombay during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.