… blessing is an ancient prayer that is both beautiful and classically simple. The blessing both requests and promises … the words ' Yishar koa h .'      The Simple Reading The musical capabilities of the priests are very diverse and … on the priest. Some of the priests have received no musical training. In fact, many were not even trained to …

… century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15]  The only implicit written records …  Such remarks provide little information concerning the music itself, yet they offer valuable insights for the … trait, especially in pre-modern times. Indeed, even in classical European music, for example, one of the saddest …

… and below each word. However, the chant also has clear musical features, with a variety of scales, motives, … In the present paper, I will provide a new perspective on musical features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern … theorists continue to explore genres outside of the Western classical canon (see Tenzer 2006, Tenzer and Roeder 2011, …