Bücher von Amnon Shiloah

A fascinating aspect of the study of music in medieval Islamic and Judaic writings is the broad and interdisciplinary nature of the works and treatises in which it is covered. This book aims to bring together twenty-two items, exemplifying such multi-faceted viewpoints on the world of sounds and its virtue.

This work provides an analysis of Jewish music. Drawing upon hundreds of sources, it explains what constitutes Jewish music and the socio-cultural context in which it evolved.