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Music in Jewish History and Culture. By Emanuel Rubin and John H. Baron. (Detroit Monographs in Musicology/Studies in Music.) Sterling Heights, MI: Harmonie Park Press, 2006. [xxvi, 403 p. ISBN 0-89990-133-6. $70.] Illustrations, music examples, tables, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index.

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