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− | Please read [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Reciting%20the%20sacred/Vedic/mantras%20and%20bird%20songs%20(Staal).pdf Mantras and Bird Song], by [http://sophos.berkeley.edu/staal/ Frits Staal], director of the film, ''Altar of Fire''. Optionally, read (or at least browse) [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Reciting%20the%20sacred/Vedic/rg%20vedic%20recitation%20(Gray).pdf An Analysis of Rg Vedic Recitation], for a more systematic treatment. | + | Please read [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Reciting%20the%20sacred/Vedic/mantras%20and%20bird%20songs%20(Staal).pdf Mantras and Bird Song], by [http://sophos.berkeley.edu/staal/ Frits Staal], director of the film, ''Altar of Fire'' that we watched in class. Optionally, read (or at least browse) [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Reciting%20the%20sacred/Vedic/rg%20vedic%20recitation%20(Gray).pdf An Analysis of Rg Vedic Recitation], for a more systematic treatment. |
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Revision as of 03:11, 22 January 2006
Contents
Discussion about this topic
Assigned viewings, listenings
(some we will do in class; most will be on Music Library reserve afterwards)
Assigned readings
Judaism
Please read Jewish synagogue music from Grove Music Online. Focus primarily on the section entitled "Biblical cantillation; read other sections of the broader article, on liturgical and paraliturgical music as you wish.
Islam
Please read The Qur'an in Indonesian Daily Life. Optional readings: try at least to browse The Cantillation of the Qur'an (by Lois Ibsen al-Faruqi), for a more systematic treatment of Qur'anic recitation. If you have time, examine also Sound, Spirit, and Gender in Surat al-Qadr (by Michael Sells), for a deeper understanding of the musicality inherent in the Qur'anic text itself.
Hinduism and Vedas
Please read Mantras and Bird Song, by Frits Staal, director of the film, Altar of Fire that we watched in class. Optionally, read (or at least browse) An Analysis of Rg Vedic Recitation, for a more systematic treatment.