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Author: Matityahu Glazerson $32.59 |
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Editorial Review:
Music is an intrinsic part of Jewish expression, reaching back to the biblical _Song of the Sea,_ which appears in Exodus, and the Psalms composed by King David. Employing the tools of Jewish mysticism, Music and Kabbalah examines the spiritual connection between God and music. The holy aspects of the musical scale, musical terminology, and instruments named in the Psalms are deciphered by using the gematria (interpretive numeric value) of their Hebrew names. Rabbi Glazerson employs music as a vehicle with which to teach that _Judaism and the Hebrew language, the holy tongue, are vast and deep, embracing incomprehensible knowledge of every aspect and sphere of life._
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 
Musically disappointing: 
In the first sentence, the author displays a lack of musical knowledge. His comments about the construction of the scale relate only to the Western "equal Temprament" system developed about 250 years ago. this therefore can't relate to a subject that claims to be some 2000 years old and from the Middle East which used/uses a totally different scale construction. I can't comment about the author's knowledge of Kabbalah but the relationship between the two is clearly fallacious. Very disappointing.
not very useful: 
I read this book in hopes of finding inspiration for composing Kabbalisticly inspired music. However, the book has almost nothing about music that would be useful for actually making or performing music.
Instead, the book focuses on the Kabbalistic analysis of music related words. It's 99% gematria, which I'll define as the practice of discovering relationships between Hebrew words which have equivalent numerical values according to the numerology of the Hebrew alphabet. This is not a textbook...more info
A good book on the Kabbalah of Music:
For some time now I have been looking to see if there is a connection between the art of music and the Kabbalah, now I know there is. Its a good book. For a deeper look at this issue there is a book by DovBer Pinson, Inner Rhythms: The Kabbala of Music.
tough but worthwhile: 
This is a sinewy and obtuse text, but when worked through it is brilliantlly insightful. I enjoyed the auhtor's views of the intersection of music and religion through a mystical prism. I found the book challenging, informative, enlightening, and spiritually moving. I recommend it to everyone: performers, composers, listeners, and scholars.
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