Four Centuries of Women’s Musical Salons: A Cross-Cultural History, edited by Jacqueline Avila and Rebecca Cypess. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026. 452 pp.

Matthew Austerklein

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Four Centuries of Women’s Musical Salons: A Cross-Cultural History, edited by Jacqueline Avila and Rebecca Cypess. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026. 452 pp.

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Matthew Austerklein, Halle-Wittenberg University

In April 2026, Matthew Austerklein successfully defended his dissertation in Jewish Studies, “The Professionalization of the Ashkenazic Cantor in East-Central Europe (1500–1750),” at Halle-Wittenberg University, receiving the distinction magna cum laude. His scholarship has appeared in Masorti Journal, Min-Ad: Israel Studies in Musicology Online, Musica Judaica, and the Journal of Synagogue Music, as well as in his weekly Substack newsletter, Beyond the Music, launched in 2023. He serves as cantor of Congregation Anshai Torah in Plano, Texas.

Four Centuries of Women’s Musical Salons: A Cross-Cultural History, edited by Jacqueline Avila and Rebecca Cypess. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026. 452 pp.

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