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The Music of the Pentateuch

“Analytical Theory of Biblical Cantillations.”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Solomon Rosowsky
Solomon Rosowsky*
Affiliation:
Jerusalem
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Extract

The Bible is not only a monument of religious thought, not only poetical creation, but also a great musical heritage. In common with many other sacred books of the ancient races, it is chanted in a specific recitative, usually termed “cantillation.”

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Musical Association , Volume 60 , 1933 , pp. 39 - 66
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Musical Association, 1933

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Footnotes

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Copyright in U.S.A., 1934, by the Musical Association.

References

∗ Here we see, besides Assimilation of rhythm, Assimilation of interval: G instead of C in the up-beat of Segol.Google Scholar

∗ Assimilation of interval: A, instead of G, of the up-beat of Revià.Google Scholar

1 It was not superseded by Latin until the third century.Google Scholar

2 There seem to have been four different ways of chanting the Psalter in the first four centuries of Christianity: 1. Cantus tractus, when sung by a single voice; 2. Cantus directaneus, when sung ‘full’ by the whole body of singers; 3. the Responsorial, when sung by one voice, responded to by the people with an unvarying refrain; and 4. the Antiphonal, when sung probably in alternation between two bodies of singers.— s.r.s.Google Scholar