Maqam and Liturgy: Ritual, Music, and Aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn
Syrian Jews in Brooklyn, New York, number more than forty thousand and constitute the largest single group of Jews from Syria in the world. Their thriving community includes fifteen synagogues in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, where the practice of singing Arab melodies is a cornerstone of their religious services. In Maqâm and Liturgy, author Mark L. Kligman investigates the multidimensional interaction of music and text in Sabbath prayers of the Syrian Jews to trace how Arab and Jewish...
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Explores the cultural connection between Syrian Jewish life and Arab culture in present-day Brooklyn, New York through liturgical music.
List of IllustrationsList of Musical ExamplesList of TablesIntroduction The Spontaneity of Prayer 1Pt. 1 Background1 Cultures in Contact through Music 112 History of the Syrian Jewish Community in Brooklyn 233 Syrian Liturgy and Prayer Books 37Pt. 2 Sabbath Morning Service4 Syrian Musical Life: The Maqam System as Practiced in Brooklyn 535 Sabbath Morning Service 736 Birkhot ha-Shahar and Zemirot 847 Shaharit 958 Torah Service and Musaf 1379 Overall Design of the Syrian Sabbath Morning Service 152Pt. 3 A Judeo-Arab Synthesis10 The Maqamat and the Weekly Biblical Reading 16111 Aesthetics, Performance Practice, and Maintenance of Syrian Liturgy 191Conclusion: Judeo-Arab Synthesis in the Syrian Sabbath Liturgy 207Notes 219Bibliography 239Index 251List of CD Tracks 267
