Shamil: Concept, Practice and Reception of a Nigun in Habad Hasidism
Shamil: Concept, Practice and Reception of a Nigun in Habad Hasidism
Author(s): Edwin SeroussiSubject(s): Jewish studies, Music, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Hasidism; music; nigun; Shamil; Habad;
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the conception, performance and reception of nigun Shamil as a representative case of the social, literary and technological mechanisms that characterize music in Habad, past and present. The author argues for the centrality of non-accompanied, mostly wordless vocal tunes performed by the Hasidic masters such as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, as a main vehicle for the articulation of both the heightening of mystical experience and the teaching of Hasidism.
Journal: Studia Judaica
- Issue Year: 20/2017
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 287-306
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English