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'''Judaism'''
 
'''Judaism'''
  
[http://www.grovemusic.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/shared/views/article.html?section=music.41322.3.2 Jewish synagogue music] from Grove Music Online.  Focus primarily on the section entitled "Biblical cantillation; read other sections of the broader article, on [http://www.grovemusic.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/shared/views/article.html?section=music.41322.3#music.41322.3 liturgical and paraliturgical music] as you wish.
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Please read [http://www.grovemusic.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/shared/views/article.html?section=music.41322.3.2 Jewish synagogue music] from Grove Music Online.  Focus primarily on the section entitled "Biblical cantillation; read other sections of the broader article, on [http://www.grovemusic.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/shared/views/article.html?section=music.41322.3#music.41322.3 liturgical and paraliturgical music] as you wish.
  
 
'''Islam'''  
 
'''Islam'''  
  
[http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Reciting%20the%20sacred/Islamic/The%20Qur'an%20in%20Indonesian%20Daily%20Life-The%20Public%20Project%20of%20Musical%20Oratory.pdf The Qur'an in Indonesian Daily Life].  For a more systematic treatment of Qur'anic recitation, you may optionally read or skim [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Reciting%20the%20sacred/Islamic/The%20Cantillation%20of%20the%20Qur'an%20(Faruqi).pdf The Cantillation of the Qur'an], by Lois Ibsen al-Faruqi.  For a deeper understanding of the musicality inherent in the Qur'anic text, see [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Reciting%20the%20sacred/Islamic/Surat%20al-Qadr.pdf Sound, Spirit, and Gender in Surat al-Qadr], by Michael Sells.
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Please read [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Reciting%20the%20sacred/Islamic/The%20Qur'an%20in%20Indonesian%20Daily%20Life-The%20Public%20Project%20of%20Musical%20Oratory.pdf The Qur'an in Indonesian Daily Life].  For a more systematic treatment of Qur'anic recitation, you may optionally read or skim [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Reciting%20the%20sacred/Islamic/The%20Cantillation%20of%20the%20Qur'an%20(Faruqi).pdf The Cantillation of the Qur'an], by Lois Ibsen al-Faruqi.  For a deeper understanding of the musicality inherent in the Qur'anic text, see [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Reciting%20the%20sacred/Islamic/Surat%20al-Qadr.pdf Sound, Spirit, and Gender in Surat al-Qadr], by Michael Sells.
  
 
==Your selected readings==
 
==Your selected readings==

Revision as of 02:55, 22 January 2006

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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. For a more systematic treatment of Qur'anic recitation, you may optionally read or skim The Cantillation of the Qur'an, by Lois Ibsen al-Faruqi. For a deeper understanding of the musicality inherent in the Qur'anic text, see Sound, Spirit, and Gender in Surat al-Qadr, by Michael Sells.

Your selected readings