Reciting the sacred
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.