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 ethnomusicologists, cantors, and enthusiasts to illuminate the many facets of this rich, living tradition. Part One : Papers. Becoming a cantor / Joseph Roll ; "How I quit being a cantor" : chanting aesthetics and "mood affect" / Michael Owen Jones ; Pour la suite de la "beauté" : le parcours de Claude Gosselin, chantre de Québec depuis 1943 / Anne-Marie Poulin Part two : Analyses and reports. Au-delà de la tradition... Rôle et fonction d'un chantre dans la survie d'une église à Montréal / Claudette Berthiaume-Zavada ; Cantors and godparents in Ukrainian folklore / Bohdan Medwidsky ; "God is in front of me" : cantors of the Ottawa Jewish community, 1998 / I. Sheldon Posen ; Cantor Albert Mahon and Canada's Anglican plainsong revival / Marcia Ostashewski Part Three : Documents. Introduction to the Precentor's Companion [1916] / Isaac E. Lambertsen (translator) ; Rubrics for the chant of the mass [1934] ; The cantorial tradition in Canada : a bibliography / Robert B. Klymasz. Cover Frontmatter Contents Avant-Propos Introduction Preface Part One: Papers Becoming a Cantor "How I Quit Being Cantor": Chanting Aesthetics and "Mood Affect" Pour la suite de la "beauté": le parcours de Claude Gosselin, chantre de Québec depuis 1943 Part Two: Analyses and Reports Au-delà de la tradition... Rôle et fonction d'un chantre dans la survie d'une église à Montréal Cantors and Godparents in Ukrainian Folklore "God Is in Front of Me": Cantors of the Ottawa Jewish Community, 1998 Cantor Albert Mahon and Canada's Anglican Plainsong Revival Part Three: Documents Introduction to the Precentor's Companion [1916] Rubrics for the Chant of the Mass [1934] The Cantorial Tradition in Canada: A Bibliography About the Authors List of Illustrations Back cover This volume provides a compilation of research materials on Canada's cantorial traditions. Part one features an autobiographical account on becoming a cantor and two papers that use contrasting approaches in their study of individual cantors in Ukrainian and Catholic churches. Part two offers an ethnomusicological analysis of the role & function of a Ukrainian cantor, an investigation of cantors & godparents as saints & sinners in Ukrainian folklore, and studies of cantors in Ottawa's Jewish community and the role of cantor Albert Mahon in the Anglican plainsong revival. Part three contains documentary material in the form of two excerpts from authoritative handbooks that offer directives for cantors to follow