Syriac Melodies of Raza. 1986 edition, with staff notation
| Call Number | AP 180 |
| Part Number | Part I - Syro Malabar Church |
| Title | Syriac Melodies of Raza. 1986 edition, with staff notation |
| Duration | 49:12 |
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| Youtube URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n67mScwG1xE |
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Syriac Melodies of Raza. 1986 edition, with staff notation
Solemn Raza of the Syro Malabar Church. Thaksa-1986. Includes staff notation of melodies. Dr. Mathew Vellanickal prepared the notation. Keywords: Vellanickal, Mathew. Thaksa of Raza in Malayalam. Syro Malabar Liturgy. Christian music, India
The 1986-edition (Malayalam) of the Thaksa of the solemn Raza of the Syro Malabar Church included staff notation of the chant melodies. Rev. Dr. Mathew Vellanickal prepared the notation. The translators of the Syriac texts into Malayalam kept a clear goal of singing the song text to existing Syriac melodies. The melodies gave a sense of continuity of the liturgical tradition. Besides, the Syriac melodies were relatively simple, and the entire congregation could sing them with great ease. Moreover, people were already familiar with these melodies from the Syriac era, although they did not sing the Syriac text (only the clergy had Syriac literacy). Soon after the promulgation of the Thaksa, the Department of Liturgical Music of the Archdiocese of Changanacherry published a recording of the chants for the benefit of the church choirs. Berney Karimpil, a collector of Christian devotional songs, had this recording in a cassette. He gladly sent us a digital copy that we are publishing in this video. This video could be useful for historians of liturgical music of the Syro Malabar Church as well as for music historians. We have not been able to gather the names of the singers, the date and place of recording, etc. If any of the viewers have access to that information, please share them with us.
Joseph J. Palackal, CMI
New York
27 March 2020
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