Sonic Ruins of Modernity

Sonic Ruins of Modernity shows how social, cultural, and cognitive phenomena interact in the making and distribution of folksongs beyond their time.

Edwin Seroussi is the Emanuel Alexandre Professor of Musicology and Director of the Jewish Music Research Centre of Hebrew University, as well as visiting scholar at Dartmouth College.

Preface Chapter 1 - Defining sonic ruins of modernity Chapter 2 - Excavating sonic ruins: the modern Judeo-Spanish folksong in context Chapter 3 - From Spain to the Eastern Mediterranean and Back Chapter 4 - Indescribable Female Beauty: the Song of Songs and Sephardic Wasfs Chapter 5 - A Forbidden love: The sanctity of a modern Sephardic female proletarian Chapter 6 - Abraham's vocation, modern invocations Chapter 7 -From Venice to Manhattan: The modern odyssey of Bendigamos Chapter 8 - A garden of sonic ruins and the post-traditional condition Abbreviations Bibliography