Reciting the sacred

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.