Emotion and the economy of aesthetics -- Edessan Christians in Hayy al-Suryan -- Eight old Syriac modes -- Chant as local knowledge -- Suryaniness -- Performing value -- Authority -- Ḥasho
Summary
Connecting the struggles of the past to those so tragically familiar in the present, author Tala Jarjour considers Syriac chant as living musical practice situated in its historic, social, and cultural context
