[HANASHIR:5151] trop analysis and origins

[goldenberg <goldnbrg...>]

John, Thank you for your thorough explination of the various opinions on the 
origins of trop.  I am especially interested in the information located at Huc 
in Cincinnatti. Is any of this available to the public? Has anyone traced the 
development of different minchagim of different synagogues or communities and 
the effort to "codify" trop charts in the 20th century. What is similar, what 
is different? How did one system of trop become adopted by HUC vs. JTS vs. the 
world? Here in Rochester it seems that every synagogue has it's own variation. 
Thanks for your enlightenment. Ellen goldenberg, Principal, Irondequoit Hebrew 
Studies Center Rochester, NY, Conductor of the Rochester Jewish Chorale. 
goldnbrg (at) frontiernet(dot)net

also is there any reason why the Kadma, which introduces the first Haftarah 
blessing, is so frequently sung as a pashta? just curious. 
And... are there other chat places/listserves that people converse only about 
chanting, and trop issues? thanks