A Joyful Noise: Claiming the Songs of My Fathers
Religious biography, Women biography
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Summary
In A Joyful Noise Deborah Weisgall tells a moving story of her turbulent coming-of-age in the shadow of two remarkable men who lived life as if they were characters in an opera The daughter of a mercurial composer… and the granddaughter of a legendary cantor Deborah as a child longed to be entrusted with their precious music and carry it on herself But it was impossible she was a girl A Joyful Noise recounts Deborah s search for a place within the family tradition and finally her triumphant discovery of a way to make the men who would exclude her who were also the men she loved listen to her voice A Joyful Noise is a tender heartbreaking beautifully written chronicle of the power of memory the survival of faith and the pursuit of a grand musical heritage A superbly written chronicle encompassing the grand themes of the power of memory and the survival of faith The Jewish Transcript Weisgall has written a valuable book The New York Times Book Review This is a lovely memoir of life in the acutely functional family of a fine and learned composer Deborah Weisgall writes of a milieu of discourse immersed in and emerging from music and in which love and knowledge are not at odds A Joyful Noise is that of her own particular music of remembering John Hollander An absorbing memoir with music in the background and foreground New York Jewish Week