cantillation question

[JRJ <JRJ...>]

Yes, there has been much research done on cantillation. I'm in the process
of writing a book which will introduce the logic of cantillation
to the English-speaking audience. I also teach courses and do workshops
on the subject. 
If you'd like to do some research on your own, here are a few good sources:



Broyer, Mordecai. Ta'amei HaMikra. Jerusalem: Horev, 1982.
Cohen, Miles Blicker. The System of Accentuation in the Hebrew Bible.
 B.A., University of Minnesota, 1969.
Dotan, Aharon. Sefer Dikdukey HaTe'amim. Jerusalem: HaAkademiyah LeLashon 
HaIvrit, 1967.
Jacobson, Joshua. TaUamey HaMikra: A Closer Look, The Journal of Synagogue 
Music, Fall, 1992.
Jacobson, Joshua. The Cantillation of the Decalogue, The Journal of 
Synagogue Music, Spring, 1995.
Janis, Norman. A Grammar of the Biblical Accents. Ph.D., Harvard University, 
1987.
Kogot, Simcha. HaMikra Beyn Te'Amim LeParshanut. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 
1944.
Lazarus, Harris. The rationale of the Tiberian Graphic Accentuation. 
In Essays in Honour of the Very Rev. Dr. J. H. Hertz, ed. E. Levine and C. 
Roth I. Epstein. London: Edward Goldston, 1942.
Perlman, Michael. Chug LeTa'amey HaMikra. Tel Aviv: Zimrat, 1971.
Perlman, Michael. Dapim LeLimud Ta'amei HaMikra. Jerusalem: HaMachon 
HaYisra'eli LeMusikah Datit, 1962.
Perlman, Michael. K'lalei HaTe'amim Shel Sifrei Emet. Tel Aviv: Zimrat, 
Perlman, Michael. Sefer B'reshit. Tel Aviv: Zimrat, 1979.
Perlman, Michael. Sefer BaMidbar. Tel Aviv: Zimrat, 1981.
Perlman, Michael. Sefer Devarim. Tel Aviv: Zimrat, 1981.
Perlman, Michael. Sefer HaHaftarot. Tel Aviv: Zimrat, 1987.
Perlman, Michael. Sefer Shemot. Tel Aviv: Zimrat, 1981.
Perlman, Michael. Sefer Tehillim. Tel Aviv: Zimrat, 
Perlman, Michael. Sefer Yayikra. Tel Aviv: Zimrat, 1980.
Perlman, Michael. Sefer Yehoshua. Tel Aviv: Zimrat, 
Price, James D. The Syntax of Masoretic Accents in the Hebrew Bible. 
Lewiston NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1990.
Wickes, William. Two Treatises on the Accentuation of the Old Testament. 
1881-1887. Reprint ed: New York: Ktav Publishers, 1970.
Yeivin, Israel. Introduction to the Tiberian Masorah. Translated by 
E. J. Revell. Scholars Press, 1980.
Binder, Abraham W. Biblical Chant. New York: The Sacred Music Press, 
1959.
Gellis, Morris and Dennis Gribetz. The Glory of Torah Reading. revised 
1983 ed., Jersey City: M.P. Press, 1982.
Kadari, Yehudah. VeShinantam LeVanecha: Limud Ta'amey HaMikra. Jerusalem:
HaMachon LeMusikah Yehudit, 1989.
Talmudic Encyclopedia, S.v. "Ta'amim,"  (Volume 20)
Avenary, Hanoch. Masoretic Accents. In Encyclopedia Judaica, pp. 
1098-1111. vol 11. Jerusalem: Keter, 1972.
Avenary, Hanoch. The Ashkenazi Tradition of Biblical Chant between 
1500 and 1900. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University Press, 1978.
Breuer, Mordecai. Keter Aram Tsova. Jerusalem: Mossad HaRav Cook, 
Dotan, A., The Relative Chronology of Hebrew Vocalization and Accentuation, 
Proceedings of the American Academy of Jewish Research 48 (1981) 87-99.
Laufer, Asher.  Chironomy and Head Movement in Reciting the Hebrew 
Scriptures. In  The Fifth World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, 
edited by Avigdor Shinan, World Union of Jewish Studies, 290 (English 
Abstract), 93-107 (Hebrew), 1969.
Lieberman, Stephen. "Towards a Graphemics of the Tiberian Bible." In 
Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew, edited by Walter Bodine. Winona Lake: 
Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1992.
Levin, Saul. The Traditional Chironomy of the Hebrew Scriptures. 
Journal of Biblical Literature 87 (1968): 59-70.
Revell, E. J.,The Oldest Evidence for the Hebrew Accent System,  
Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 54 (1971-72) 214-22.
Rosowsky, Solomon. The Cantillation of the Bible. New York: The 
Reconstructionist Press, 1957.
Yeivin, Israel. Introduction to the Tiberian Masorah. Translated by 
E. J. Revell. Scholars Press, 1980.

Joshua R. Jacobson
Northeastern University 
Boston, MA 02115 
JRJ (at) neu(dot)edu