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Martha Lalinde (SHOFAR Group's Soprano) performs an excerpt from the Book of Esther (Esther 5:1-3). Felipe Piedrahita plays the guitar. Our apologies for the poor lighting; the (essential) audio is there, though. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 July 2007 )
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 SHOFAR is a vocal / instrumental ensemble that specializes in the performance of the melodies extracted from the Hebrew Masoretic Text of the Old Testament, according to the deciphering key of the late French musicologist Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura.Conducted by Javier Mejía (Graduated Musician from the Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia), SHOFAR was created in June 2004. In August of the same year, it began its labor of spreading the original music of the Bible (published by Haïk-Vantoura as The Music of the Bible Revealed) by means of lecture-recitals (conferences including live performances). SHOFAR’s local presentations have been acclaimed by the specialized critic and the general public alike. A demo recorded in December 2004, published on the Internet, also received favorable comments from scholars and other people around the world. SHOFAR’s agenda for 2006 starts with performances in the cities of Cali and Medellín (Colombia). What does SHOFAR mean? |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 22 January 2007 )
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Music of the Bible In-Depth |
THE HEBREW MUSICAL ACCENTS (TE`AMIM)
By John wheeler  The Hebrew Masoretic Text contains (among other things) three basic sets of symbols related to verbal meaning: the consonants, the vowel-points (with associated graphemes such as the maqqef or hyphen and the dagesh or dot), and the accents ( te`amim). The name for the accents, te`amim (singular ta`am), comes from the verb ta`am, “to taste, discern, appreciate, etc.” Sometimes the accents are called ta`amê miqra’, “the accents of Scripture (in the sense of what is recited rather than written)”. In effect, the te`amim are meant to enable the reader and the listener to discern and appreciate the sense of the often-ambiguous Hebrew words. |
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"The work about The Music of The Bible presented by Javier Mejía, constitutes a page in between the wide book of the music of the Holy Land. His technical appreciations based upon certain Western cultural considerations, open with clarity a mysterious and exciting way toward the musical concepts regarding the eternal connection between Word, Music and God. "
Rodolfo Ledesma
Teacher of Harmony Universidad del ValleColombia |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 April 2006 )
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 THE MUSIC OF THE BIBLE
From now onward, it must be stated that we're referring to the Old Testament, wich is written (mostly) in Hebrew an thus containing the accentuation signs (te'amim) you can not find in the New Testament, written in Greek.
The following article presents a synopsis of the musical notation system of the Bible and its main features. Starting from the Hebrew language's general features, we will discover step by step the configuration of the accentuation signs system contained in the masoretic text of the Scriptures and how the Music of the Bible works.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 September 2006 )
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