9 March 2023
We are deeply honoured to welcome Dr Diana Matut, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford, to lead a session of the ART in Interfaith Contexts Reading Group.
Here are the details of this fascinating session.
Topic: By the Rivers of Babylon?! The Shared Melodies of Jewish and Christian Early-Modern Cultures
Abstract: During the early modern period Ashkenazim, Jews living in Central and Eastern Europe, brought forth a rich and multilayered song culture. Hundreds of songs were written on religious and secular themes. While many of the melodies used by song writers came from inner-Jewish traditions, many songs were contrafacta. This meant that their melodies had been used before for other well-known songs. This lecture wants to explore the shared melodies of the Jewish, Christian and secular world and take a closer look at how Jewish contrafacta were created and how Jewish and Christian authorities reacted to this practice.
Speaker: Dr Diana Matut, The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. University of Oxford, UK
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Time: 18:00-19:00 GMT | 19:00-20:00 CEST | 11:00-12:00 PST | 14:00-15:00 EST
Venue: Online
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