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Jewish music in its historical development / by A. Z. Idelsohn. New York : Holt, c 1929

Content

I. A Historical Survey of Religious and Secular Music in Israel and Neighboring Countries Throughout Biblical and Post-Biblical Ages to the Destruction of the Second Temple.
24 II. Semitic-Oriental Song.
35 III. The Oldest Unrhythmical Elements of Jewish Song. A: The Modes of the Bible. - The Ta'amim (Muscial Notation) of the Bible.
72 IV. The Oldest Unrhythmical Elements of Jewish Song. (Continued) B: The Modes of the Prayers.
92 V. A Historical Survey of the Synagogue Song after the Destruction of the Second Temple until the Rise of the Islam (70 C.E. - 700 C.E.).
101 VI. Rise and Development of the Precentor and the Chazzan from Ancient Times until the Eight Century.
110 VII. The Rythmical Song in the Oriental and Sephardic Synagogue.
129 VIII. The Synagogue Song of the "Ashkenazim".
181 IX. The Song of the Synagogue in Eastern Europe to the Eighteenth Century.
196 X. The Introduction of Harmony and Polyphony into the Synagogue in Italy by Salomon Rossi.
204 XI. The Ashkenazic Song of the Synagogue in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.
232 XII. The Influence of the Reform Movement on the Synagogue Song in the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century.
246 XIII. The Influence of Moderate Reform Upon Synagogue Song During the Nineteenth Century in Central and Western Europe.
296 XIV. "Chazzanim" and "Chazzanuth" in Eastern Europe in the Nineteenth Century.
316 XV. Synagogue Song in the United States of America.
337 XVI. Collections of and Literature of Synagogue Song.

355 II. Folk-Song.