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Dichtung und Musik im frühneuzeitlichen Aschkenas
Series: - Studies in Jewish History and Culture, Volume: 29
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For over a hundred years the so called âWallich-manuscriptâ has fascinated scholars of various disciplines, be it Yiddish/Jewish studies, music, comparative literature and the like. It is one of the most important sources for the study of Yiddish and German folksongs as well as Purim-plays in the Early Modern period. The unknown collector of the texts has gathered more than sixty songs, plays, parodies and so on, some of them Yiddish transcriptions of German works, others original writings. For the first time, this fascinating collection has now been edited completely and a commentary has been prepared. The result is a complex picture of Yiddish culture in Early Modern times.
"It is an important achievement of Diana Matut...that she presents a new edition of the work in her Dichtung und Musik im frühneuzeitlichen Aschkenas. The manuscript is indeed very important for our understanding of Ashkenazi culture in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period, and the new edition...offers a meaningful contribution to the field." - Claudia Rosenzweig, Bar-Ilan University
"The two volumes are a carefully prepared and beautifully published edition and commentary, by Diana Matut, of two collections of Yiddish poems assembled sometime in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries..." - Don Harrán, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"It is an important achievement of Diana Matut...that she presents a new edition of the work in her Dichtung und Musik im frühneuzeitlichen Aschkenas. The manuscript is indeed very important for our understanding of Ashkenazi culture in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period, and the new edition...offers a meaningful contribution to the field." - Claudia Rosenzweig, Bar-Ilan University
"The two volumes are a carefully prepared and beautifully published edition and commentary, by Diana Matut, of two collections of Yiddish poems assembled sometime in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries..." - Don Harrán, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Diana Matut, Ph.D. (2006) in Jewish Studies, is a Research Associate at the University Halle-Wittenberg and managing editor of the European Journal of Jewish Studies (Brill). She teaches courses on Yiddish language and culture as well as Jewish literature and music.
"Matutâs Dichtung und Musik im frühneuzeitlichen Aschkenas is an excellent edition that is of importance to scholars working on Yiddish folksong and folk drama, but also to scholars working on German and Dutch folksong traditions as well." - David Elton Gay, in: Journal of Folklore Research
All those interested in Yiddish Studies in general, Jewish Music and German Folksong, Jewish Studies, German Studies, Early Modern Period, Music History, Renaissance Culture, Studies in Comparative Literature, and Musicians.