TY - GEN T1 - Three early modern Hebrew scholars on the mysteries of song T2 - Studies in Jewish history and culture ; A1 - Harrán, Don LA - English PP - Boston PB - Brill YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn895257036 AB - "In discoursing on music, three early modern Jewish scholars stand out for their originality. The first is Judah Moscato, who, as chief rabbi in Mantua, preached sermons, one of them on music: there Moscato presents music as a cosmic and spiritual phenomenon. The second scholar is Leon Modena, the foremost Jewish intellectual in early seventeenth-century Venice. Modena deals with music in two responsa to questions put to him for rabbinical adjudication, one of them an examination of biblical and rabbinical sources on the legitimacy of performing art music in the synagogue. Abraham Portaleone, the third scholar, treated music in a massive disquisition on the ancient temple and its ritual, describing it as an art correlating with contemporary Italian music. The introduction surveys the development of Hebrew art music from the Bible through the Talmud and rabbinical writings until the early modern era. The epilogue defines the special contribution of Hebrew scholars to early modern theory"--Provided by publisher CN - ML3195 .H23 2014eb SN - 9789004283640 SN - 9004283641 SN - 9789004283022 SN - 9004283021 KW - Moscato, Judah ben Joseph, : approximately 1530-approximately 1593. KW - Modena, Leone, : 1571-1648. KW - Portaleone, Abraham ben David, : 1542-1612. KW - Modena, Leone, : 1571-1648 KW - Moscato, Judah ben Joseph, : approximately 1530-approximately 1593 KW - Portaleone, Abraham ben David, : 1542-1612 KW - Jews : Music : History and criticism. KW - MUSIC : Genres & Styles : Classical. KW - MUSIC : Reference. KW - Jews : Music KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -