From Kant to Hilbert
Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is widely taken to be the starting point of the modern period of mathematics while David Hilbert was the last great mainstream mathematician to pursue important nineteenth century ideas. This two-volume work provides an overview of this important era of mathematical research through a carefully chosen selection of articles. They provide an insight into the foundations of each of the main branches of mathematics-algebra, geometry, number theory, analysis, l...
Musical Exodus (Europea: Ethnomusicologies and Modernities, #19)
by Ruth F Davis
Music in the Jewish Community of Palestine 1880-1948 (Clarendon Paperbacks)
by Jehoash Hirshberg
This social history relates how a small society of immigrants and refugees established an internationally-recognized professional musical establishment in Palestine against the background of the two World Wars, local skirmishes and a full-scale national war. Professor Hirschberg opens with a description of music in Palestine under Ottoman rule, and proceeds to chart the development of music in the Jewish community over a 70-year period. He also surveys the ideological and social polemics which d...
The purpose of this book is to present a survey of Jewish music to illuminate its special role as a mirror of history, tradition, and cultural heritage. The 27 topical chapters have been placed within a modified chronological perspective to present a historic picture of virtually every important development in Jewish music. The book represents a culmination of several decades of the author's dedicated labor and scholarly study in this field.