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The Music Libel Against the Jews

The Music Libel Against the Jews

Hardback (03 Feb 2012)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Through the centuries of the Christian era the story of how an innocent Christian boy is killed by a Jew in order to silence his 'harmonious musicality' surfaces in various forms & cultures. This book examines the forces that drive what the author calls a 'musical libel'.

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Yale University Press

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Book information

ISBN: 9780300167788
Publisher: Yale University Press
Imprint: Yale University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 780.89924
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 507
Weight: 890g
Height: 235mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 34mm