Week 4 - January 26: Sacred texts: recitation, cantillation and chant
Reference readings:
Al-Faruqi 1987;
Sells 1999: Introduction and the chapter "Hearing the Qur’an".
Assigned readings (for class presentations):
6) Shelemay & Jeffrey 1993: vol.1: pp. 1-16; vol. 2: pp. 1-9 + Music Grove Online: browse the entry “Ethiopia”: Chapter 2: Orthodox Church Music.
7) Music Grove Online: the entry “Jewish Music”: Chapters 3.1 and 3.2 (especially “Biblical cantillation and browse any other chapters that interest you) + Shiloah 1993: chapter 12.
