From: jacob@max.cc.brandeis.edu ( )
Subject: on suzanne haik vantoura's "musique de la bible revelee" [more]
Organization: Brandeis University Math Department
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 12:06:04 GMT

Robert Braham <rmb@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu> of the Graduate School of
the City University of New York has emailed to me a comprehensive
bibliography on the question of Jewish cantillation together with
the following laconic subject line
   
    "Subject: Regards; see Weill, Cohen; Vantoura is junk"

I guess this says it all on Robert's opinion of Vantoura. I must
say that now that I've read her book I'm not surprised. Even more
surprising to me is that her "restitutions", besides probably being
total fantasy from a scholarly point of view also lack any artistic
value whatsoever that I personally can see in them. I simply can't
understand comments by Milhaud and Messiaen printed in her book that
her "restitution" is beautiful music. The only way I can explain them
is either that she made them up or that they were so excited believing
that they were hearing the "original music of the psalms" that they'd
temporarilly lost control of their critical abilities...

The main item in the bibliography for an evaluation of Vantoura is
according to Robert

 Cohen, Dalia and Weill, Daniel, "Progress in Deductive Research on the
 Original Performace of Tiberian Accents" in "Proceedings of the 9th World
 Congress of Jewish Studies", Jerusalem, 1986

which unfortunately I haven't had access to. Also a review by Michel Huglo
in the "Journal de Musicologie" has been mentioned but that is not in this
bibliography. I couldn't find it either.

Robert's bibliography follows...


                Bibliography of Hebrew Cantillation:
      A Supplement (June 1992) to the Bibliography, Music U882
               (Spring 1990), Music of the Middle East


Scope: Omitted are primary references to Talmudic and post-Talmudic
sources (these may be found in the secondary sources below),
references to broader syntactic analyses of Hebrew, and, in general,
works dealing primarily with relationships of Hebrew cantillation to
other chant traditions (e.g., Gregorian, Quranic).  See Dotan (Enc.
Judaica), Werner (New Grove), Harran, and Zeitlin for extended
bibliographies.

In almost all cases, the language of the article or book is given
first, and [my] translation given in parentheses; Hebrew publications
in the Israeli series/journals Yuval and Tatzlil, as well as
publications of Israeli universities, contain an English summary.
Hebrew transliteration is approximate and inconsistent through
citations.

On references:
a) A number of publications are dated "circa . . . ."  The original
printed publication date is given in the Jewish lunar calender, and
is approximated here to the Gregorian solar calender; for some other
citations publishing data is incomplete.

"NYPL#" in a number of cases refers to the call numbers of the items
in the various research branches of The New York Public Library.



Alvarez-Pereyre, Frank. La transmission orale de la Misnah: une
    methode d'analyse appliquee a la tradition d'Alep. Jerusalem:
    Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, 1990. NYPL#: *PCF 91-2670 
Avenary, Hanoch. "Musica veYeda beDerech Kriat haTe'amim (Music and
    Knowledge in Reading the Accents)." Bat Kol (Tel-Aviv), no. 2
    (1961):15-17.
------.  Neginnot Hat-torah Bam-masoret 'askenaz Ben 1500 le 1900:
    Ti'ud we-nittuah musiqali (The Ashkenazi Tradition of Biblical
    Chant Between 1500 and 1900 . . . .). Tel-Aviv: Tel-Aviv
    University, Documentation & studies 2, 1978.
------. "The Earliest Notation of Ashkenazi Bible Chant (Amman-MSS,
    Ab.1511)." Journal of Jewish Studies XXVI, no. 1-2 (1975):132-50.
------. "Be'ayat Maq-qadmoniyut Shel Neginot Hat-torah: Ha-hasifah
    Shel Maqor Bilti Noda' Mi-re'shit Ham-me'ah Ha-16 (The Problem of
    the Antiquity of Hebrew Bible Chant: An Unknown Source of the
    Early 16th Century Rediscovered)." Tatzlil IX, no. 17 (1977):87-
    91.
------. "Reflections on the Origins of the Alleluia-jubilus." Orbis
    Musicae (1978):34-42.
Bahat, Naomi and Avner Bahat. "Traditional Scriptural-reading Hand
    Movements as a Dance Source Form." Israel Dance V (1980):22-23.
Bar-Dayan, Haim. "Qawwim Le-hitpathut Has-simun Shel Ta'ame Ham-
    miqra' (Stages of Development in Notating Biblical
    Cantillation)." In Miqra'e Qodesh, Shneur Zalman Zeitlin, ed.
    Jerusalem: Orient and Occident, 1978, 9-66.
Bar-Lev, M. Baal Ha-keriah (The Torah Reader). Netanyah, Israel: M.
    Bar-Lev, 1980. NYPL#: *PCF 90-6284 
Binder, Abraham Wolf. Biblical Chant. New York: Philosophical
    Library, 1959. NYPL#: *PCF 81-1399 
Braun, Yehezkel. "Iyunim Bamelos Hasefardi-yerushalmi (Studies in the
    Jerusalem Sephardic Melos)." Pe'amim 19 (June 1984):70-87.
Breuer, Mordechai. Ta'amei haMikra be-21 Sefarim u beSifrei Emet
    (Accents of the 24 books of the Bible and the Scrolls).
    Jerusalem: 1984.
    zekher la-harog-ve-la-harog, bi-fenehem-li-fenehem (Scripture for
    Torah Readers . . . .). [Israel]: Tevunot, 1990. NYPL#: JAX H-
    1901 
Cohen, Dalia. "`Separation' and `Directivity' as Guiding Principles
    in the Comparison Between Eastern and Western Music." Proceedings
    of the World Congress on Jewish Music, Jerusalem, 1978.  Tel-
    Aviv: The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature
    (1982):127-47.
Cohen, Dalia, and Daniel Weill. "Progress in Deductive Research on
    the Original Performance of Tiberian Accents (Te'amim)."
    Proceedings of the Ninth World Conference of Jewish Studies,
    Division D, Vol. II (Jerusalem, 1986): 265-80.
Dotan, A. "Research in Biblical Accentuation: Background and Trends."
    Prolegemon to Wickes, W. Two Treatises on the Accentation of the
    Old Testament, New York: Ktav (1881) 1970.
Gellis, Maurice and Dennis Gribetz. The Glory of Torah Reading.
    Jersey City, N.J.: M.P. Press, c1982. NYPL#: JAY H-1333 
Haik Vantoura, Suzanne. La musique de la Bible revelee: sa notation
    millenaire aujourd'hui decryptee. Paris: Robert Dumas, 1976.
    NYPL#: JMD 79-444 
[Idelsohn, A.Z.] See Yuval 5 (1985) for complete bibliography.
Harran, Don. In Search of Harmony: Hebrew and Humanist Elements in
    Sixteenth-Century Musical Thought. Neuhausen-Stuttgart: (American
    Institute of Musicology) Hanssler-Verlag, 1988.
Harris, Hyman Hirsch. Hebrew Liturgical Music: A Survey of
    Traditional Hebrew Music, Biblical Cantillation and the Music of
    the Cantors. New York, 1950. NYPL#: JME 72-169  [in Hebrew]
Kadari, Yehudah, Madai, Yoets, and Avigdor Hertsog. Ve-shinantam Le-
    vanekha: Limud Ha-keriah Be-taame Ha-Mikra, Be-ezrat Hadgamot
    Muklatot (And You Shall Teach Them to Your Children: Learning
    Torah Cantillation . . . .). Jerusalem: Renanot, c1982. NYPL#:
    JAY H-1742
Kats, Yehoshua Zeev ben Yehudah Leyb, ha-Kohen. Keriat Ha-Torah Ke-
    hilkhatah (Torah Reading . . . ). Jerusalem: Y. Z. Kats, c1990.
    NYPL#: *PKF 91-1588 
Kosovski-Shahor, Shaul ben David Shelomoh. Kuntres Masoret Shaul:
    Dikduk Teamim U-masorah La-Tanakh. Bene Berak, Israel, 1981.
Kuntres Et Le-daber : Bo Nikbetsu U-vau Milim Mi-pi Sefarim
    Ve-sofrim Be-inyene Keriat Ha-Torah Veha-shayakh La-zeh.
    Brooklyn: Els Ledaber, c1982.  NYPL#: *PKF 91-1639 (Library has
    Vol. 1 only).
Levine, Joseph A. "Last Chants for the Cantorate?" Musica Judaica VI,
    no. 1 (1983-84):89-99.
------. "Toward Defining the Jewish Prayer Modes with Particular
    Emphasis on the Adonay Malakh Mode." Musica Judaica III, no. 1
    (1980-81):13-41.
Mazoz, Meir. Shorashim U-masoret Be-Yahadut Tunisyah (Roots and
    Masorah of Jewish Tunisia). Lod, Israel: Mekhon Haberman Le-
    mehkere Sifrut, c1985. NYPL#: JAX H-1720 
Neeman, Yehoshua Leib. "The `Seven Benedictions' Reading in the
    Ashkenazic Music Tradition." Dukhan XI (1978):87-98.
Palache, Hayyim. Sefer Hayim: Al Dine Keriat Sefer Torah (The Book of
    Life: Laws Regarding the Cantillation of the Torah).  Jerusalem:
    Yeshivat Mishmerot Kehunah, c.1985. NYPL#: *PKF 91-3377 
Price, James D. The Syntax of Masoretic Accents in the Hebrew Bible.
    Lewiston, N.Y.: Mellen Press, 1990. NYPL#: *PDM 91-1993 
Ringer, Alexander L. "Oral Transmission and Literacy:the Biblical
    Connection." In Report of the Twelfth Congress of the IMS,
    Berkeley, 1977, Daniel Heartz and Bonnie Wade, eds. Kassel:
    Barenreiter, 1981, pp. 423-25.
Rosenbaum, Samuel. A Guide to Torah Reading: Manual for the Torah
    Reader. New York: Ktav Publishing House, c1982. NYPL#: *PCF 85-
    1341 
Rosovsky, Shelomoh. "Hamissah Humse Torah U-qeri'atam (The Five Books
    of the Torah and Their Reading)." In Miqra'e Qodesh, Shneur
    399.
Ross, Israel J. "Cross-cultural Dynamics in Musical Traditions: The
    Music of the Jews of Cochin." Musica Judaica II, no. 1 (1977-
    78):51-72.
Sharvit, Uri. "The Musical Realization of Biblical Cantillation
    Symbols in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition." Yuval IV (1982):179-
    210.
"Selomoh Rozobsqi We-heqer Ta'ame Ham-miqra' (Shelomoh Rosovsky and
    Research in Biblical Cantillation)." In Miqra'e Qodesh, Shneur
    Zalman Zeitlin, ed. Jerusalem: Orient and Occident, 1978, 137-48.
Weil, Gerard E., Riviere, P., and M. Serfaty. Concordance de la
    cantilation du Pentateuque et des cinq megillot. Paris: Editions
    du C.N.R.S., 2nd ed., 1982. NYPL#: *PCF+ 89-18301 
Weisgal, Abba Yosef, ed. Emunat Abba: The Sacred Chant of Abba Yosef
    Weisgal. Baltimore, Md.: The Baltimore Hebrew College Press,
    c1981. NYPL#: *ZB-1158 
Werner, Eric. "The Articles [in Encyclopedia Judaica] `Music,'
    `Masoretic Accents,' and `Hazzan.'" Musica Judaica II, no. 1
    (1977-78):91-95.
Wickes, W. Two Treatises on the Accentation of the Old Testament, New
    York: Ktav (1881) 1970.
Yeivin, Israel. Keter Aram Tsovah, Nikudo veTa'amav.  Jerusalem,
    1969.
------. Mavo leMesorah haTavranit. Jerusalem, 1972.
------. The Aleppo Codex of the Bible: A Study of its Vocalization
    and Accentuation. Jerusalem: Hebrew University Bible Project
    (Kitve Mifal Ha-Mikra), 3, 1990. NYPL#: *PDM 84-299 
Zeitlin, Shneur Zalman and Haim Bar-Dayan, eds. The Tora and its
    Cantillation: Book of Shelomo Rosovsky. [Hebrew] Jerusalem:
    Orient and Occident, 1977. NYPL#: *PCF 84-1188 


In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980):
   "Cantillation." Geoffrey Chew
   "Cheironomy." Edith Gerson-Kiwi
   "Ekphonetic Notation." Gudrun Engberg
   "Jewish Music, I: Liturgical." Eric Werner
In Encyclopedia Judaica (1971):
   "Masorah" A. Dotan (Vol. 16, pp. 1401-82)
   "Masoretic Accents (Musical Rendition)."  Avigdor Herzog (Vol. 2,
   pp. 1098-1111)


                                                    ----Robert Braham




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