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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]. Optional readings: [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 more systematic treatment of Qur'anic recitation; [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) for a deeper understanding of the musicality inherent in the Qur'anic text itself. | + | 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]. Optional readings: [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 more systematic treatment of Qur'anic recitation; and [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), for a deeper understanding of the musicality inherent in the Qur'anic text itself. |
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Revision as of 02:57, 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: The Cantillation of the Qur'an (by Lois Ibsen al-Faruqi), for a more systematic treatment of Qur'anic recitation; and 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.
