TY - BOOK AU - Kligman,Mark L. TI - Maqām and liturgy: ritual, music, and aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn T2 - Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology SN - 9780814332160 U1 - 296.4509561 20A PY - 2009/// CY - Detroit PB - Wayne State University Press N1 - Index; Bibliogr. p. 239-249; Introduction: the spontaneity of prayer -- Cultures in contact through music -- History of the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn -- Syrian liturgy and prayer books -- Syrian musical life: the Maqām system as practiced in Brooklyn -- Sabbath morning service -- Birkhot ha-Shaḥar and zemirot -- Shaḥarit -- Torah service and Musaf -- Overall design of the Syrian Sabbath morning service -- The Maqāmāt and the weekly biblical reading -- Aesthetics, performance practice, and maintenance of Syrian liturgy -- Conclusion: Judeo-Arab synthesis in the Syrian Sabbath liturgy ER -