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Answer:
Emphatically, yes! Cantorial music goes back a long way, and there
have been Jewish artists since Abraham's time. You should investigate
many of the exhibits at the local Jewish Community Centers,
synagogues, and rabbinical schools (such as the Skirball Museum at
[5]Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles). Often, Jewish art focuses on
ceremonial objects, such as spice boxes, menorot, mezzuzot, wimples,
kippahs, breastplates for the Torah, Torah covers, etc, as opposed to
portraits or statues.
Judaism does have a strong tradition of religious music, it's just
that there haven't been that many Jewish composers with great popular
success outside of the small Jewish circles (as opposed to classical
composers of the 17th-19th centuries who wrote liturgical music that
was a great success in its own right, without the liturgy underneath
it)
There is also an emerging tradition of modern Jewish music, including
such artists as Debbie Friedman, Rabbi Joe Black, and others. Some of
this music is more appropriate to the liberal streams. Those
interested in modern Jewish music should investigate some of the
online Jewish music stores, such as [6]Sounds Write
([7]http://www.soundswrite.com/) or [8]JewishMusic.com
([9]http://www.jewishmusic.com/).
Some other links of interest include:
* American Conference of Cantors - Reform (Progressive) Judaism:
[10]http://rj.org/acc/
* The Cantors Assembly - Conservative (Masorti) Judaism:
[11]http://www.cantors.org/
* Cantorial Council of America - Orthodox Judaism:
[12]http://www.yu.edu/belz/
* Chazzanut Online: [13]http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/. A
comprehensive site on Jewish liturgical music, with a large
collection of cantorial sheet music, midi files, annotated links
and background information.
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