The Music of the Bible Revealed: The Deciphering of a Millenary Notation

George T. Currie said Review of the book- The Music of the Bible Revealed: The Deciphering of a Millinary Notation. I rely love this book. It's very informationable. I majored in music education in college, but in the last couple of years become more interested in church music and african-american music. This book answered many of my questions about music during biblical times. Suzanne Haik-Vantoura has really done a fantastice job of deciphering the symbols. Matthew Dahlitz said In-Depth and Revolutionary. For anyone interested in ancient music, and more specifically, cantillation of scripture, this is a must reference. This book represents a lifetime of research and is an exciting revelation of what the music of King David may well have sounded like. I've used this material in my own compositional techniques and have found it a fantastic referen. "Intrigueing" according to Andy B Cook. The work of Haik-Vantoura brings the Psalms to life. I am convinced that her discovery is the way they are meant to sound.

In this text the author, a musicologist argues that the accentual system preserved in the Masoretic Text was originally a method of recording hand signals (2chironomy) by which temple musicians were directed in the performance of music. She explains her reconstruction of these notations which has allowed her to perform around the world using only the Hebrew text as a score."

Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French

Since 1970 she has devoted herself exclusively to this task and to the publication of the texts she has deciphered. During World War II, she first attempted to decipher the musical signs (teamim) of the Hebrew Bible, the original meaning of which had been lost. . After her studies at the Conservatoire National Superior de Paris, Suzanne Haïk-Vanto