Composing Jewish sacred music – part 7/7

‘God is in the detail’: a composer’s perspective on crafting modern Jewish sacred music – part 7/7

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Bibliography

Printed articles

• ‘A forum on synagogue music (1972) “What makes synagogue music traditional: how is our musical tradition to be maintained?”’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 1, April, pp 81-98 – Erwin Jospe – Joseph Freduenthal – Herman Berlinksi
• Davidson, Charles (1995) ‘Amerpop tunes in the conservative synagogue’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 24, No 2, Dec, pp. 13-16
• Eisenstein, Ira (1986) ‘The cantor in modern music’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 16, No 2, Dec, pp. 10-14
• Feder, Avraham H (2006) ‘The problems a modern Jew faces in prayer’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 31, No 1, Fall, pp. 133-146
• Gelfand, Shoshana (1989) ‘Making midrash out of music: a study of Katchko’s Ki K’shimkha’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 19, No 2, Dec, pp. 17-27
• Gertel, Elliott B. (1975) ‘The challenge of synagogue music: a personal statement’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 6, No 2, Oct, pp.6-19
• Isaacson, Michael (1975) ‘Synagogue music is dead’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 6, No 2, Oct, pp.3-5
• Isaacson, Michael (1998) ‘How Jewish music in America changed during the 20th century: a comparative list for thought and discussion’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 25, No 1, Dec, pp. 20-23
• Knapp, Alexander (1992) ‘Aspects of Jewish Music in Contemporary Britain’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 22, No 1-2, Dec, pp. 41-61 (originally published in Proceedings of the Second British-Swedish Conference on Musicology: Ethnomusicology, Cambridge, 1989.)
• Lewis, C S (1978) ‘On Church Music’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 8, No 1, Jan, pp. 27-31 – used by permission of the publisher of “Christian Reflections,” a collection of essays published by the Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., copyright in 1967, and edited by Walter Hooper
• List, Kurt (1972) ‘Synagogue music – traditional and modern’ – ‘Modern’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 1, April, pp.9-12 [student of Alban Berg and Anton Webern]
• Pessaroff, Sam (1977) ‘Commissioning contemporary composers to write for the synagogue: the historical contribution of Hazzan David Putterman’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 7, No 4, Oct, pp.7-14
• Putterman, David J. (1967) ‘Congregational singing’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 2, Sept, 23-29
• Richards, Stephen (1979) ‘Music and prayer in Reform worship’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 9, No 2, June, pp. 20-25
• Rosenbaum, Samuel (1967) ‘Prayer: the lost art’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 2, Sept, p3-8
• Rosenbaum, Samuel (1972) ‘Epitaph for Jewish Music?’ [Delivered at the 21st Annual Convention, May 1968] Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 1, April, pp. 107- 116
• Rosenbaum, Samuel (1979) ‘Surviving future shock’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 9, No 2, June, pp. 26-41
• Rosenbaum, Samuel (1995) The annual report of the Executive Vice President – Cantors Assembly – “The American Synagogue: A Work in Progress” An exploration of the rapidly evolving nature of faith, prayer choices, and Hazzanut, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 24, No 2, Dec, pp. 22-33
• Vinaver, Chemjo (1972) ‘Synagogue music – traditional and modern’ – ‘Traditional’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 1, April, pp.4-9 [Delivered at First Annual Convention, 1948]
• Wohlberg, Max (1977) ‘Hazzanut in transition’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 7, No 3, June, pp. 5-16
• Wohlberg, Max (1977) ‘The emerging image of the conservative cantor’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 7, No 3, June, pp. 17-42
• Wohlberg, Max (1995) ‘Elements to consider when composing synagogue worship music’, Journal of Synagogue Music, Cantors Assembly of America, Vol 24, No 2, Dec, pp. 5-12

Books

• Ariel, David (1998) Spiritual Judaism: restoring heart and soul to Jewish life, Little, Brown & Co
• Begbie, Jeremy (1989) Music in God’s Purposes, Continuum
• Begbie, Jeremy (2000) Theology, Music, and Time, Cambridge University Press,.
• Begbie, Jeremy (2002) Sounding the Depths: Theology Through the Arts (ed.), SCM Press,
• Begbie, Jeremy (2002) Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music (Engaging Culture Series), Baker Academic, 2007
• Begbie, Jeremy (2011) Resonant Witness: Conversations Between Theology and Music (co ed.), Eerdmans
• Begbie, Jeremy (2013) Music, Modernity, and God, Oxford University Press
• Bell, Catherine (1992) Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice, Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Best, Harold (1993) Music Through the Eyes of Faith, HarperCollins, San Francisco
• Chapman, Malcolm (1994) ‘Thoughts on Celtic Music’, in Ethnic Identity and Music: The Musical Construction of Space, Martin Stokes Berg Publishers, Oxford, p.35
• Dawn, Marva (1995) Reaching Out without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for the Turn-of-the-Century Culture,Eerdmans, Grand Rapids
• Heaney, Maeve Louise (2012) Music as Theology: what music says about the Word, Princeton Theological Monograph Series, Pickwick Publications (based on PhD thesis)
• Heschel, Abraham Joshua (1954) Man’s Quest for God, copyright Susannah Heschel 1996
• Heschel, Abraham Joshua (1972) ‘The Vocation of the Cantor’ in The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence, Shocken Books, New York
• Hoffman, Lawrence A. (1992) ‘On Swimming, Sound, and Canon’, in Sacred Sound and Social Change: Liturgical Music in Jewish and Christian Experience, eds. Lawrence A. Hoffman and Janet R. Walton, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, p.335
• Hoffman, Lawrence A. (2006) Rethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life, Jewish Lights
• Horowitz, Mark Eden (2010) Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions(2^nd edition), Scarecrow Press
• Isaccson, Michael (2007) Jewish Music as Midrash: what makes music Jewish?, ECM Books and Music, California
• Jacobs, Cantor Zoe (2012) ‘Shirei Ha-T’fillot as a resource in action: notes for the sh’liach tsibbur’, in Shirei Ha-T’fillot’ – Music to accompany the Reform Siddur, pp.4-8
• Knapp, Alexander ‘The Philosophy and Practice of Choice’, in RSGB Music Handbook, p.96
• Lovelace, Austin C. and Rice, William C. (1976) Music and Worship in the Church, Abingdon Press, Nashville
• Plato, Republic VII 522a
• Salkin, Jeffrey (2013) The Gods Are Broken!: The Hidden Legacy of Abraham, Jewish Publication Society
• Sharlin, Cantor William (2008) ‘A Symphony of a Cantorial Life: The Notes and Reflections of Cantor William Sharling’ in Jewish Sacred Music & Jewish Identity: Continuity and Fragmentation, ed. Jonathan L. Friedmann and Brad Stetson, Paragon House, St Paul: p. 92
• Sheridan, Rabbi Sybil (2012) ‘Introduction to Shirei Ha-T’fillot’ – Music to accompany Seder Ha-T’fillot – the prayer book of the Movement for Reform Judaism, pp.1-3, in Shirei Ha-T’fillot’ – Music to accompany the Reform Siddur
• Sondheim, Stephen (2010) Finishing the Hat: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, with attendant comments, principles, heresies, grudges, whines and anecdotes, Virgin Books
• Victor Turner (2008) The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, Aldine Transaction, New Brunswick
• Wolfson, Ron (2007) Spirituality Of Welcoming: How to Transform Your Congregation into a Sacred Community, Jewish Lights

Theses

• Borts, Barbara (2014) Mouths filled with song: British Reform Judaism through the lens of its music, Durham theses, Durham Univeristy, Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10797

Online

• Begbie, Jeremy (May 2009) ‘Theology through the arts’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlR3bOsoAdA
• Begbie, Jeremy (Oct 2011) ‘What can we learn about the gospel from music?’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPYzHFPfAdo
• Begbie, Jeremy (March 2015) ‘Four ways music shapes us’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgXgMS4r08
• Begbie, Jeremy (Dec 2016) – ‘Music and Theology’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhw4Bea5ckI
• Begbie, Jeremy (June 2016) ‘The Trinity and Music’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E021XK7tHlc
• Begbie, Jeremy ‘A conversation with Jeremy Begbie’, Image Journal, Issue 85 – https://imagejournal.org/article/a-conversation-with-jeremy-begbie/
• Esolen, Anthony (Nov 2008a) ‘Pop Goes the Mass (part one)’, Catholic Answers, Inc., El Cajon, CA – http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=8485
• Esolen, Anthony (Nov 2008b) ‘Bad Poetry, Bad Theology: The Curse of Bad Liturgical Music (Part Two)’, Catholic Answers, Inc., El Cajon, CA – http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=8790
• Goldman, David P. (2009) ‘Sacred Music, Sacred Time’ – http://www.firstthings.com/article/2009/10/sacred-music-sacred-time
• Jernberg, Paul (2012)  ‘An introduction to the Mass of Saint Philip Neri’, ‘The Logos of Sacred Music’, New Liturgical Movement (May 4) – http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0486.htm
• Leafblad, Bruce H. (1998) ‘Worship 101’ – December 1998, p. 25 – Worship Leader Magazine, Dec, p.25 – http://www.worshipleader.com/home
• Leckebusch, Martin (2012a) ‘What is the Point of Singing Hymns?’, April, The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Ref HSSG101 – http://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/2012/04/17/short-guide-no-1-what-is-the-point-of-singing-hymns/
• Leckebusch, Martin (2012b) ‘What Makes A Good Hymn?’, April, The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Ref HSSG106 – http://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/2012/04/17/short-guide-no-6-what-makes-a-good-hymn/
• Leithart, Peter J. (2011) ‘How the Church Lost Her Soundscape’ (Nov 18), pastor of Trinity Reformed Church in Moscow, Idaho, and Senior Fellow of Theology and Literature at New St. Andrews College – http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/11/how-the-church-lost-her-soundscape
• Pratt Green, F. (1971) ‘Hymn Writing Today’, The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Bulletin 120 (Winter) – http://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/1971/01/11/treasure-no-35-hymn-writing-today/
• Reformed Church in America (1996) ‘The Theology and Place of Music in Worship’, Commission on Worship – https://www.rca.org/resources/theology-and-place-music-worship#
• Robertson, Alison (2003) ‘A Few Thoughts on Hymn Writing’, The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Bulletin 235, April – http://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/2003/04/15/treasure-no-69-a-few-thoughts-on-hymn-writing/
• Routley, Erik (1953) ‘What makes a good hymn?’, The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Bulletin 63 (Spring) – http://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/1953/04/09/treasure-no-17-what-makes-a-good-hymn/
• Schiller, Benjie-Ellen (2007) ‘The Many Faces of Jewish Sacred Music’ – http://templebethshalom.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/the-many-faces-of-jewish-sacred-music-by-benjie-ellen-schiller
• Schiller, Benjie Ellen (2009) ‘Some notes on the future of Jewish sacred music’, http://urj.org/worship/worshipwithjoy/letuslearn/s9sacredmusic
• Scruton, Roger (2010) ‘Music and Morality’, American Spectator (Feb) – http://spectator.org/articles/40193/music-and-morality
• Wren, Brian (1995) ‘To the Budding Hymnwriter’, The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Bulletin 202 (Winter) – http://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/1995/01/13/treasure-no-61-to-the-budding-hymnwriter/

Teaching materials, poetry and miscellaneous

• Arian, Merri Lovinger (2004) ‘Music, Prayer and the Sacred Community’, Teaching Tefilah. ARE Publishing, Denver
• Bond, Edward ‘On Leaving The Theatre’
• Cohn, Cantor Richard (2003) ‘Module #2: Music and Text’, as found in Caro, Cantor Susan et al, (eds) Divrei Shir/Words of Song: a curriculum for the study of synagogue music, UAHC/ACC, New York
• Herbert, George (1593–1633) ‘Prayer’
• Pope Francis (March 4, 2017) Address to participants in the International Conference on Sacred Music, Clementine Hall
• Pope Francis (Dec 24, 2017) Sermon, the Vatican
• Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) ‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds’ (Sonnet 116)

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