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From Chantre to Djak: Cantorial Traditions in Canada (Mercury Series)
From Chantre to Djak Cantorial Traditions in Canada - Mercury Series
The performance of sacred song often involves the talents of cantors, chanters, precentors, and criers--also known as chantres, djaky, psalom-shchniki, hazanim, protopsalti, and muezzins. The present volume explores this unique class of musicians from a variety of perspectives to offer the first survey of its kind. Folklorists join with ethnomus...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780660178349
ISBN-10: 0660178346
Publication Date: 1/2001
Pages: 185
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Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadie
Book Type: Paperback
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