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Monday October 27, 2014
7:00PM - 8:00PM
Synagogue Songlines: Jewish-Christian musical encounters in 17th and 18th-century Italy
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Francesco Spagnolo, PhD
Curator of the Magnes Center for Jewish Art and Life, UC Berkeley
Lecture: Synagogue Songlines
Jewish-Christian musical encounters in 17th and 18th-century Italy
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the synagogues of the Italian Jewish ghettos of Venice, Mantua, Casale Monferrato, and Siena were the sites of musical performances that included sacred Hebrew texts set to music by Jewish and non-Jewish composers. The rise of art music in the Italian synagogues has been historically understood as a testimony to Jewish modernity, as a Jewish reaction to ghettoization, and as the birth of a Jewish musical aesthetics. By looking at Gentile involvement in Italian synagogue life, this lecture presents these important musical sources in an entirely new light.
Francesco Spagnolo is the Curator of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and teaches in the Music Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the editor of Italian Jewish Musical Traditions (Rome-Jerusalem, 2006) and the co-author of The Jewish World (Rizzoli, 2014).
This event is presented by Salon/Sanctuary Concerts in partnership with The Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center
Tickets are $25 general admission, $15 for seniors and students, free for members of Temple Emanu-El. Tickets are available at http://www.salonsanctuary.org, and by calling 1 888 718-4253
Curator of the Magnes Center for Jewish Art and Life, UC Berkeley
Lecture: Synagogue Songlines
Jewish-Christian musical encounters in 17th and 18th-century Italy
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the synagogues of the Italian Jewish ghettos of Venice, Mantua, Casale Monferrato, and Siena were the sites of musical performances that included sacred Hebrew texts set to music by Jewish and non-Jewish composers. The rise of art music in the Italian synagogues has been historically understood as a testimony to Jewish modernity, as a Jewish reaction to ghettoization, and as the birth of a Jewish musical aesthetics. By looking at Gentile involvement in Italian synagogue life, this lecture presents these important musical sources in an entirely new light.
Francesco Spagnolo is the Curator of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and teaches in the Music Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the editor of Italian Jewish Musical Traditions (Rome-Jerusalem, 2006) and the co-author of The Jewish World (Rizzoli, 2014).
This event is presented by Salon/Sanctuary Concerts in partnership with The Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center
Tickets are $25 general admission, $15 for seniors and students, free for members of Temple Emanu-El. Tickets are available at http://www.salonsanctuary.org, and by calling 1 888 718-4253
For More Information:
Location/Venue:
The Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center
Address:
1 East 65th St between Fifth and Madison
City:
New York City
Zip/Postal:
10065
Contact Name:
Salon/Sanctuary Concerts
Phone:
1 888 718 4253
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