Solo Vocal Works on Jewish Themes

Kenneth Jaffe

doi:10.5771/9781461664291

Summary

Solo Vocal Works on Jewish Themes: A Bibliography of Jewish Composers is a comprehensive and annotated compendium of stage, concert, and liturgical compositions written by Jewish composers from every known time period and country. Kenneth Jaffe has amassed nearly 3,000 large-scale musical works for solo voice(s) on Jewish themes, written by Jewish composers. The works include over 400 cantatas, 150 oratorios, almost 300 operas, more than 100 sacred services, 20 symphonies, and more than 350 stage works, including Yiddish theatre, Purim and sacred plays, multi-media pieces, and musical theatre. In addition, original song cycles and liturgical services arranged for a modest to large complement of instruments are also included.

The works are organized by composer and subdivided by genre, and each entry is fully annotated, detailing the title, opus, voicing and instrumentation, text source, commission, year completed, year and location of the premiere, the year of publication and the publisher (if any), the location of scores, and the duration of the work. The works are then broken down by theme, such as Biblical themes, works for children, works of the Holocaust or Jewish suffering and persecution, interfaith works, and wedding music. They are then cross-referenced by voice type, arrangement, and by title. A list of libraries and publishing houses of Jewish music rounds out this invaluable reference.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-6135-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-6429-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 437
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Abbreviations No access
3. Preface No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
5. Introduction No access
Part I: Works Organized by Composer No access Pages 1 - 216
1. 1. General No access
  2. General Biblical No access
  3. General Torah No access
  4. Genesis No access
  5. Exodus No access
  6. Leviticus No access
  7. Numbers No access
  8. Deuteronomy No access
  9. Joshua No access
  10. 1. Judges No access
    2. Samuel No access
    3. Kings I & II No access
    4. Isaiah No access
    5. Jeremiah No access
    6. Ezekiel No access
    7. Amos No access
    8. Jonah No access
    9. Micah No access
  11. 1. Psalms No access
    2. Proverbs No access
    3. Job No access
    4. Ruth No access
    5. Lamentations No access
    6. Ecclesiastes No access
    7. Daniel No access
    8. Nehemiah No access
    9. Chronicles No access
  12. Apocrypha Non-Channukah No access
  13. Channukah/Dedication of the House No access
  14. Children/Family or Works That Include Children's Voice(s) No access
  15. Ethics of the Fathers No access
  16. Ethnic Interest No access
  17. Fiction (Non-Yiddish Theater) No access
  18. General Jewish Experience & Philosophy No access
  19. Holocaust/Jewish Persecution & Suffering No access
  20. Interfaith Works No access
  21. Jewish History/Biography-Post-Biblical No access
  22. Liturgical-Based Works & Non-Holocaust Memorial Works No access
  23. Midrash, Mysticism & Jewish Legend No access
  24. Passover/Haggadah No access
  25. Peace No access
  26. Poetical Works No access
  27. Purim/Book of Esther No access
  28. Sacred Services No access
  29. Simchat Torah No access
  30. Shavuot (Pentecost) No access
  31. Song of Songs & Wedding Music No access
  32. Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) No access
  33. Talmud/Mishnah No access
  34. Tu Bishvat No access
  35. Yiddish Theater No access
  36. Zionism No access
1. 1. Soprano/High Female Voice No access
  2. Mezzo-Soprano/Medium Female Voice No access
  3. Contralto/Alto/Low Female Voice No access
  4. Female Voice (unspecified) No access
  5. Tenor/High Male Voice No access
  6. Baritone/Medium Male Voice No access
  7. Bass-Baritone No access
  8. Bass/Low Male Voice No access
  9. Male Voice (unspecified) No access
  10. High Voice (gender not specified) No access
  11. Medium Voice (gender not specified) No access
  12. Low Voice (gender not specified) No access
  13. Voice Type Variable or Not Determined No access
2. 1. Two Female Voices No access
  2. One Female & One Male Voice No access
  3. Two Male Voices No access
  4. Two Soli (unspecified or variable) No access
3. Works with Three Solo Voices No access
4. Works with Four Solo Voices No access
5. Works with Five or More Solo Voices No access
6. Works for Variable/Undertermined Number or Voice Type No access
Part IV: Alphabetical Index of Works No access Pages 361 - 424
Libraries and Publishing Houses of Jewish Music No access Pages 425 - 430
Bibliography No access Pages 431 - 436
About the Author No access Pages 437 - 437