Dichtung und Musik im frühneuzeitlichen Aschkenas (2 vols.)
Ms. opp. add. 4o 136 der Bodleian Library, Oxford (das so genannte Wallich-Manuskript) und Ms. hebr. oct. 219 der Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Frankfurt a. M.
Biographical note
Diana Matut, Ph.D. (2006) in Jewish Studies, is a Research Associate at the University Halle-Wittenberg and managing editor of the European Journal of Jewish Studies (Brill). She teaches courses on Yiddish language and culture as well as Jewish literature and music.
Readership
All those interested in Yiddish Studies in general, Jewish Music and German Folksong, Jewish Studies, German Studies, Early Modern Period, Music History, Renaissance Culture, Studies in Comparative Literature, and Musicians.
Reviews
"Matut’s Dichtung und Musik im frühneuzeitlichen Aschkenas is an excellent edition that is of importance to scholars working on Yiddish folksong and folk drama, but also to scholars working on German and Dutch folksong traditions as well." - David Elton Gay, Journal of Folklore Research
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