Download or read book The Organ and Its Music in German-Jewish Culture written by Tina Frühauf and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Organ and Its Music in German-Jewish Culture examines the powerful presence of the organ in synagogue music and in the general musical life of German-speaking Jewish communities in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the development of a new organ music repertoire as a paradigm for the changing identity of modern Jewry.