RARE collection of papers on the place of music in the process of Jewish assimilation into European society, and the processes leading towards a new Jewish Israeli national identity. Contributions include `On the Jewish Presence in Nineteenth Century European Musical Life` by Ezra Mendelsohn, `Musical Life in the Central European Jewish Village` by Philip V. Bohlman, `Jews and Hungarians in Modern Hungarian Musical Culture` by Judit Frigyesi, `New Directions in the Music of the Sephardic Jews` by Edwin Seroussi, `The Eretz Israeli Song and the Jewish National Fund` by Natan Shahar, `Alexander U. Boskovitch and the Quest for an Israeli Musical Style` by Jehoash Hirshberg, and `Music of Holy Argument` by Lionel Wolberger. 245x160 mm. XVI+378 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket yellowing. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition.