Re: Deciphering the music of the Levites

[Joel Bresler <jbresler...>]

Having read the article, I'll just offer the caution that the music should 
be enjoyed for its own sake, and not for any purported authenticity. As one 
example of the difficulty of transcribing early music _even when it's been 
notated_, the earliest written Jewish music was transcribed by Obadiah the 
Proselyte, in the 12th century. We're not even sure how it is meant to be 
performed (what mode, etc.) so you can imagine what happens when we stretch 
back milennia earlier. (We discussed this piece earlier this year; see 
http://www.shamash.org/listarchives/jewish-music/000323)

If people are interested in following up on the Zakai article, do your 
searches on "Haik-Vantoura" not the spelling in the article. Ditto for 
"Lamandier"

Best,

Joel


At 10:25 PM 10/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>The article on deciphering the music of the Levites was published on October
>10, 2000.  It can now be found at  this URL:
>
>http://www3.haaretz.co.il/eng/scripts/article.asp?mador=10&datee=10/10/00&id
>=96189
>
>Jacob Bloom
>bloom (at) gis(dot)net
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com>
>To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 6:56 AM
>Subject: Deciphering the music of the Levites
>
>
> > The events in Israel have had one positive result -- they led me to
> > discover the Haaretz internet edition
> > http://www.haaretzdaily.com/htmls/1_1.asp which now has an article
> > posted titled "Deciphering the music of the Levites"
> > http://www.haaretzdaily.com/htmls/kat13_2.asp.
> >
> > I have just glanced at it, but I imagine that it will interest several
> > of us and be fruit for some discussion.
> >
> > L'shanah tovah,
> > Bob
> >
> >
>



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