Looking at Buildings
, printed from the Looking at Buildings website on Friday 19th April 2024
Music
choirGlossary Term [1] galleryGlossary Term [2] was sometimes introduced. A favoured position for the choirGlossary Term [3] was behind the ArkGlossary Term [4], hidden by a grille and/or textile screenGlossary Term [5]. Sometimes the choirGlossary Term [6] was accommodated on an extra large Bimah or in a deep W galleryGlossary Term [7] facing the ArkGlossary Term [8].
In the 19th century Reform Jews also introduced organ music, borrowed from Christian church practice. In England, West London Synagogue (1870) has an elaborate, integrated pipe organ, a great rarity in a British synagogue.
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- [1] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_505
- [2] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_706
- [3] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_505
- [4] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_41
- [5] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_1124
- [6] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_505
- [7] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_706
- [8] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_41
Last updated: Monday, 26th January 2009