Do Zionists Read Music from Right to Left? Abraham Tsvi Idelsohn and the Invention of Israeli Music

Music is widely recognized as a central component of Israeli national identity, yet the putative Jewishness of Israeli music remains a subject of enduring cultural controversy and ideological confusion. I argue in this article that the roots of Israeli music's distinctive national character can...

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Main Author: Loeffler, James (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn Press 2010
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2010, Volume: 100, Issue: 3, Pages: 385-416
Further subjects:B Cultural politics
B Idelsohn
B Cultural Zionism
B Cultural Nationalism
B Diaspora
B Orientalism
B Jewish music
B Ottoman Palestine
B Musicology
B Israeli culture
B Israeli music
B Aesthetics
B Hebrew culture
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