The Organ and Its Music in German-Jewish Culture

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1 The Organ, Jewish Music, and Identity
2 Jewish Curiosities: The Organ in Judaism Before 1800
DT The Jewish Literature of Early Modernity
DT Pictorial Sources of Different Cultural and Religious Provenance
DT Meshorerim as the Forerunners of Organ Accompaniment
DT The Synagogues of Prague and Venice
3 The Organ as a Jewish Religious Response to Modernity
DT From Liturgical Reforms to a New Musical Identity
DT The Synagogue Organ in the Context of Organ Building Traditions
DT Intermezzo: Sharing the Console-The Synagogue Organist
DT The Synagogue Organist in the Framework of Christian Traditions
DT Organists at the New Synagogue in Berlin
DT The Impact of the Organist Question
4 Organ Music in Jewish Communities
DT From Lewandowski to Schalit: The Stylistic Development of Jewish Organ Music
DT Departure and Destruction: Organ Music in the Spiritual Ghetto
5 The Aftermath of Emigration
DT Limitations in the Land of Opportunity
DT The Organ in Israeli Culture-A Bridge between East and West
6 Between Assimilation and Dissimilation: The Jewish Community in the Course of Modernity
Notes, Bibliography, Index-Names, Index-Places

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The Organ and Its Music in German-Jewish Culture examines the powerful but often overlooked presence of the organ in synagogue music and the musical life of German-speaking Jewish communities. Tina Frühauf expertly chronicles the history of the organ in Jewish culture from the earliest references in the Talmud through the 19th century, when it had established a firm and lasting presence in Jewish sacred and secular spaces in central Europe. Frühauf demonstrates how the introduction of the organ into German synagogues was part of the significant changes which took place in Judaism after the Enlightenment, and posits the organ as a symbol of the division of the Jewish community into Orthodox and Reform congregations. Newly composed organ music for Jewish liturgy after this division became part of a cross-cultural music tradition in 19th and 20th century Germany, when a specific style of organ music developed which combined elements of Western and Jewish cultures. Concluding with a discussion of the organ in Jewish communities in Israel and the USA, the book presents in-depth case studies which illustrate how the organ has been utilized in the musical life of specific Jewish communities in the 20th century. Based on extensive research in the archives of organ builders and Jewish musicians, The Organ and Its Music in German-Jewish Culture offers comprehensive and detailed descriptions of specific organs as well as fascinating portraits of Jewish organists and composers. With an extensive companion website featuring full color illustrations and over 200 organ dispositions, this book will be eagerly read by performers, students, and scholars of the organ, as well as students and scholars in historical musicology and Jewish music.

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