Encounters of East and West in Music – Selected Writings

By Hanoch Avenary

Faculty of Visual and Performing Arts – Department of Musicology – Tel-Aviv University, 1979, 207 p.

This book features several studies on the music instruments of the Bible (Hydraules, Choraule, Flute…), the concept of modality in Jewish music, the parallels between synagogue and church music (psalms, canticles, hymns…), and the Jewish folklore.

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