Essays of Jewish music and prayer : commemorating the jubilee year of the Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music : Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Yeshiva University, 1954-2004 / Macy Nulman, editor.
"The present volume highlights twenty-two articles culled from the annual publication of the Journal of Jewish Music and Liturgy ..."--Introd.
Contents
Music. Jewish music at Yeshiva University : a history / Macy Nulman -- Dr. Karl Adler : a tribute to a great pedagogue, mentor, and friend / Yaakov Yosef Iskowitz -- His life was a song : a memorial tribute to Philip Belz / Norman Lamm -- Given to the burden and given to the song : Shirah and Zimrah / Zevulun Charlop -- Halakhot and Minhagim for the Shatz and congregation / Hershel Schachter -- The Sheliah Tzibbur in Halakhah and Jewish tradition / Gersion Appel -- Understanding Ta'amei Emet / Macy Nulman -- Philo's view on music / Louis H. Feldman -- Biblical accentuation in a mystical key : kabbalistic interpretations of the Te'amim / Elliot Wolfson -- Moses Maimonides on music therapy and his responsum on music / Fred Rosner -- Antecedents to Israeli art song / Dan Ziff -- Musical and ritual practices in the German synagogue / Moshe Berlove --
Prayer. The illustrations of the signs of the zodiac for the Tal and Geshem prayers / Avrom Baker -- The woman's voice in the synagogue / Baruch David Schreiber -- The ancient prayer rite of Eretz Israel / Norman A. Bloom -- Voice level in Tefillah / Abraham Stone -- The biblical readings of the Festival of Sukkot : their influence on Simhat Torah / Moshe Yaged -- Halakhah and Minhag in Nusah Hatefillah / Gedalia Dov Schwartz -- On the special character of sabbath prayer : new data from Qumran / E. Glickler Chazon -- The correlation between the Amidot of Shabbat and Zemirot / Dov A. Brisman -- When standing is appropriate in prayer / Menachem Raab -- Psalm nineteen : its coherence and message / Zvi A. Yehuda.