Music from Bible Lecture II + IV - Copy

Film of events from the 10th London International Jewish Music Festival.

1) Music of the Hebrew Bible II, 2000-06-13 at SOAS, University of London. A lunchtime lecture entitled 'Cantillation of the Bible [session 1 of 2]'. Victor Tunkel, consultant to the JMI, looks at th e origin and nature of the notation systems and their implementation by Jews across the world.

2) Music of the Hebrew Bible IV, 2000-06-15 at SOAS, University of London. A lunchtime lecture entitled 'Cantillation of the Bible [session 2 of 2]'. Victor Tunkel continues by looking at the six different ways in which the musical signs are practically applied to the various 'prose' books of the Bible; and the separate notation system of 'poetic' signs of the Psalms, Proverbs and Job.

Copy of master.