cantillation

Noun

Meaning

A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

intonation Psalms trope chanting recitative hymns chants prayer poetry sephardic poetry synagogue poetry classical jewish poetry ancient hebrew poetry ashkenazi poetry devotional poetry jewish lyrical poetry
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Hypernyms

intonation chanting

Examples

Although some have dismissed Haïk-Vantoura's system, Mitchell has repeatedly defended it, showing that, when applied to the Masoretic cantillation of Psalm 114, it produces a melody recognizable as the tonus peregrinus of church and synagogue. Source: Internet

Several attempts have been made to decode the Masoretic cantillation, but the most successful is that of Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura (1928–2000) in the last quarter of the 20th century. Source: Internet

Certain cantillation marks and combinations appear in Nevi'im but not within any of the Haftarah selections, and most communities therefore do not have a musical tradition for those marks. Source: Internet

The Tiberian system also includes a set of cantillation marks, called " trope ", used to indicate how scriptural passages should be chanted in synagogue recitations of scripture (although these marks do not appear in the scrolls). Source: Internet

Cantillation There is a special cantillation melody for the haftarah, distinct from that of the Torah portion. Source: Internet

Hebrew text comes in four convenient versions (including one with cantillation marks) and may be downloaded. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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