Keywords:
Cantorial style, Cantors, Recording Industry, Jewish Music
Abstract
Cantorial style of the Golden Age and the distinctions between the old and modern styles. Questions raised aregarding the compositions of the new recording era: What provoked criticism on the recorded cantorial industry? Was such criticism justified? If so, what explains the huge success of the recording industry?
Author Biography
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Amit Klein
Amit Klein was recently awarded his PhD (summa cum laude) on the subject of Ashkenazi cantorial music from the Music Department of Bar-Ilan University. He is a Research Fellow at the Jewish Music Research Center of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and his research interests include cantorial and Jewish music, performance practice and computer music applications. He has authored papers on Cantor Leib Glantz, on the performance practice of cantors in various eras, and on the development of the cantorial recitative. Dr. Klein has also presented papers on various topics at the Renanot 51st annual Jewish music convention, Jerusalem; at the Institute of Musical Research’s international conference “Art Musics of Israel,” London; and at the 7th European Music Therapy Congress, Eindhoven, among other conferences and music festivals. He also collaborates with various cantors on diverse projects, and develops computer applications for music.
