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Introduction: On the Definition of Jewish Music

Introduction: On the Definition of Jewish Music Editor's Introduction Introduction: On the Definition of Jewish Music Ofer Ben-Amots Colorado College The field of Jewish music is a cross-disciplinary one, as rich, broad, and complex as the culture that has created it. As a subordinate topic within both Judaic Studies and ethnomusicology, Jewish music can be approached from different humanistic or artistic starting points. It involves the scholarship of musicology, ethnography, folklore, cultural anthropology, comparative religion, archeology, iconography, history, sociology, etymology and others. It is, thus, not surprising that the field of Jewish music, while growing steadily, is still one of the least researched areas of scholarship. One of the main problems with the research of Jewish music is the problem of its defmition. For the sake ofcomparison, let us imagine a group ofscholars embarking on research oftraditional music ofthe Australian Aborigines in the Northern Territory. The research will be conducted as fieldwork within the clearly defined region. It will start with a systematic collection of data such as field-recordings and photographs, the transcription of aurally transmitted musical, dance and narrative material, and close depiction oftribal ceremonies, as well as tools and instruments utilized by the tribe, and so forth. The research would continue with the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Purdue University Press

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Editor's Introduction Introduction: On the Definition of Jewish Music Ofer Ben-Amots Colorado College The field of Jewish music is a cross-disciplinary one, as rich, broad, and complex as the culture that has created it. As a subordinate topic within both Judaic Studies and ethnomusicology, Jewish music can be approached from different humanistic or artistic starting points. It involves the scholarship of musicology, ethnography, folklore, cultural anthropology, comparative religion, archeology, iconography, history, sociology, etymology and others. It is, thus, not surprising that the field of Jewish music, while growing steadily, is still one of the least researched areas of scholarship. One of the main problems with the research of Jewish music is the problem of its defmition. For the sake ofcomparison, let us imagine a group ofscholars embarking on research oftraditional music ofthe Australian Aborigines in the Northern Territory. The research will be conducted as fieldwork within the clearly defined region. It will start with a systematic collection of data such as field-recordings and photographs, the transcription of aurally transmitted musical, dance and narrative material, and close depiction oftribal ceremonies, as well as tools and instruments utilized by the tribe, and so forth. The research would continue with the

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Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies – Purdue University Press

Published: Oct 3, 2000

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