TY - JOUR TI - The Music Traditions of the Ashkenazi Jews and Radical Jewish Culture: A Brief Outline of the Definitions and Content of Jewish Music in the Past and Nowadays AU - Zapiór, Luiza TI - The Music Traditions of the Ashkenazi Jews and Radical Jewish Culture: A Brief Outline of the Definitions and Content of Jewish Music in the Past and Nowadays AB - The main purpose of this paper is to describe John Zorn’s approach to klezmer music and Jewish music tradition in general. The text has been divided into shorter sections. The first part of the article is dedicated to providing an overview of problems concerning the definition of Jewish music. The second part focuses on analysing klezmer motifs in John Zorn’s selected works and Jewish symbols present in the visual component of his recording projects. The last section contains a summary and conclusions. VL - English Issues IS - Issue 47 (4/2020) PY - 2020 SN - 2956-4107 C1 - 2353-7094 SP - 215 EP - 227 DO - 10.4467/23537094KMMUJ.20.049.13922 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/kmmuj/artykul/the-music-traditions-of-the-ashkenazi-jews-and-radical-jewish-culture-a-brief-outline-of-the-definitions-and-content-of-jewish-music-in-the-past-and-nowadays KW - Jewish music KW - instrumental music KW - John Zorn KW - Radical Jewish Culture KW - contemporary music