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- From: Max Stern 310-524-6152 <lms...>
- Subject: Trope books
- Date: Thu 08 Oct 1992 23.04 (GMT)
S'lichah, all, I guess I deserve some (small) flames for writing:
> On the other hand, if your interest is more scholarly, there are
> some magnificent books about trop (the technical term, by the way,
> is "cantillation"). Some of them are real tomes and go into great
> detail about the history of and the subtle differences between the
> various traditions.
as though I were a great expert. Actually, I am an intermediate-
level leyner, meaning that I can prepare a haftarah in a haf-hour
(:-), but it takes me several hours to prepare twenty or thirty
p'sukim of torah. And I am not learned in the history and details
of cantillation. As I wrote off-line to Jeff Finger:
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Sorry, I meant to include further suggestions for *where to find*
the books I referred to, but forgot.
No, I don't have any of these books in my personal library (although
I would love to). I don't even have titles handy. I just browsed
some of them in a library several years ago, so I know they exist.
Where are you located geographically?
In Los Angeles, I would start at the University of Judaism library
and, perhaps, YULA. Likewise, in Cincinnati or New York, I would
start at the libraries of the big seminaries (HUC, JTS, perhaps the
Orthodox seminaries). If you don't have access to these places, I
would suggest contacting the best Hazzan (cantor) in your area for
further suggestions, including specific titles and publishers.
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Or maybe someone else on this list can suggest specific books?
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- Trope books,
Max Stern 310-524-6152