Rivers of Sacred Sound

Chant

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Rivers of Sacred Sound traces the flow of influences from East to West, fromBC to AD and from wordless jubilations to the setting of texts. It takes thediscussion about western chant beyond a European perspective.The text of this book, preceded by an introduction, is presented in sevenchapters and covers a period of approximately five thousand years. There aremany references all over the world to praising the divine with sound. Thusthe starting point is the praise song, a fundamental impulse in mankind. TheRg-Veda requests that our loudest-sounding hymn be accepted, as food mostdelightful to the Gods. The Psalms request us to make a joyful noise unto Godand to sing forth the honour of His name. Spontaneous songs became ritualevents. In an aural culture what was the role of gesture and what is its rolenow? There are many doors to open in pursuing these and other questions.This book opens some of them.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-10-03
Mått150 x 225 x 0 mm
Vikt285 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMusic and Spirituality
Antal sidor196
FörlagPeter Lang International Academic Publishers
ISBN9781788744393

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SOLVEIG MCINTOSH is a musician and research scholar in the musical traditionsof Northern India. She qualified as a teacher in the 1970s and completed herDoctoral studies in 1993. She has given talks in Britain, Holland, New Zealandand India and has contributed articles to various books and journals. As wellas publishing a book, Hidden Faces of Ancient Indian Song, she has produced aDVD, Ancient Indian Song, and three CDs, Traditional Vedic Invocations, Hymnsof the Vedas and Sanskrit Songs to the Divine. She has given workshops both inBritain and abroad.

Contents List of Figures vii List of Musical Examples ix Preface xiii Notation and Script xvii Acknowledgements xix Introduction 1 chapter 1 Historical Background 5 chapter 2 Language 17 chapter 3 Scale and Mode 49 chapter 4 Recitation, Psalmody and Silence 89 chapter 5 Alan4kaaras and Neumes 101 chapter 6 Rhythm in Chant 129vi chapter 7The Hand: Mudraas and Cheironomy 137Epilogue 153Glossary 155Bibliography 163Index 169