The Jewish Experience in Classical Music Shostakovich and Asia 1st Edition by Alexander Tentser ISBN 1443854670 978-1443854672

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ISBN 10: 1443854670 

ISBN 13:  978-1443854672

Author: Alexander Tentser

Shostakovich and Asia – this unique combination of two highly dissimilar composers allows us to explore the breadth of influence of traditional Jewish culture on Western classical music in the 20th century and beyond. These two composers speak in different musical languages and have very different personalities. Shostakovich, a 20th century Russian composer living under totalitarian Soviet rule, and Asia, a contemporary Jewish-American composer, are nevertheless connected through time by the common thread of Jewish music. The first part of this book deals with Shostakovich and his incorporation of traditional Jewish elements in his music. In recent times there has been a great deal of controversy concerning Shostakovich’s “dissident” outlook and his critical attitude towards the Soviet regime. The contributors to this volume, however, have chosen to focus on the more humane qualities of Shostakovich’s personality, his honesty and courage, which enabled him in difficult times to express through his works Jewish torment and suffering under both the Soviet and Nazi regimes. The second part of this book is dedicated to the music of Daniel Asia and to his philosophical and religious identification with Judaism. Of particular importance is the composer’s opening article, a valuable testament to the religious and aesthetic beliefs that inspired him to create his most significant symphonic work, the Fifth Symphony, Of Songs and Psalms.

Table of contents: 

Dmitri Shostakovich and Jewish music : the voice of an oppressed people / Alexander Tentser ; 

Self-imagery and resilience : hermeneutics of Jewish sound in Shostakovich’s String quartet no. 2 / Christopher Booth ; Shostakovich in America / Alexander Dunkel
Asia. Breath in a ram’s horn : Judaism and classical music / Daniel Asia ;

Sacred and profane in the music of Daniel Asia / Aryeh Tepper ;

 On Daniel Asia’s symphonies / Jan Swafford ;

Ear to ear : a conversation with composer Daniel Asia / Jan Swafford.

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