On 12/8/03 4:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Is there any documentation for that? I mean, when you chant Word of God, > you just read it in a melodious way, we don't try to offer it otherwise. > Well, it may be so, I don't know English well. Faruq
You have a point. But there really isn't an exact correlation between western chanting and eastern chanting either. Traditional western chanting is far more limited/structured than is eastern chanting, and the best examples of western chanting involve materials writen specifically for that purpose. Oral interpretation, on the other hand, is very unstructured and involves some degree of interpretation. But in the hands of the very best interpreters, the musical qualities are very strong. In English, the best public readers are those who use oral interpretation techniques. As some one has noted, they can evoke an emotional response that the average reader can not. Don C - - - - - He who believes himself spiritual proves he is not. ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
