Music

New perspectives on Anglo-Jewish history via the poetry and song of Yiddish-speaking immigrants in London from 1884 to 1914.

Twenty of Israel's leading art-music composers discuss the interaction of inspiration, method and cultural context in their work, revealing both international and national influence and scope.

The first history of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to describe and document its origins in 1887 to the present day, relating its changing fortunes in light of the economic, demographic, and cultural history of the city of Detroit.

A definitive history of the MC5 that considers the band's musical legacy and revolutionary political roots.

Examines a pan-ethnic style of music created by North African and Middle Eastern Israeli musicians in the late twentieth century.

Explores the cultural connection between Syrian Jewish life and Arab culture in present-day Brooklyn, New York, through liturgical music.

A look at the innovations of contemporary performers of modern gospel music and their roots in the African American Christian church.

A collection of stories, lyrics, music and folklore centered on the Great Lakes.

This is the first English-language volume to consider oral music of Jewish communities in a sociocultural context.