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Sense and sadness : Syriac chant in Aleppo / Tala Jarjour. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jarjour, Tala, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Syrian chants--Syria--Aleppo--History and criticism.
- Syrian chants.
- Church music--Syria--Aleppo.
- Church music.
- Church music--Syrian Orthodox Church.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- 'Sense and Sadness' is a story of the living practice of Syriac chant in Aleppo, Syria. To understand and explain this oral tradition, the text puts forward the concept of the emotional economy of music aesthetics, an economy in which the emotional and the aesthetic interrelate in mutually indicative ways.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 18, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-063529-0
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