A Season of Singing: Creating Feminist Jewish Music in the United States

by Sarah M Ross

Book Overview

In the 1960s, Jewish music in America began to evolve. Traditional liturgical tunes developed into a blend of secular and sacred sound that became known in the 1980s as "American Nusach." Chief among these developments was the growth of feminist Jewish songwriting. In this lively study, Sarah M. Ross brings together scholarship on Jewish liturgy, U.S. history, and musical ethnology to describe the multiple roots and development of feminist Jewish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611689600
• ISBN13: 9781611689600
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"