Publisher's Synopsis
CONTENTS: Danza de Tijeras Through Modernity & Migration; I Love the Starry Sky at Night-Time: Singing & Signing in the Buddha's Light International Association, Sydney; Dapa: Dancing Gods, Virtual Pilgrimage & Sacred Singing in Bhaktapur, Nepal; Shamanic Traditions & Music Among the Yolmos of Nepal; Melodic Analysis of the Performance of Islamic Hymns in Harar, Ethiopia; Aspects of Stylistic & Musical Diversity in Religious Music in Two Jewish Communities in Greece; The Musical Experience of the Sacred & the Concept of Hierophany; Singing Prayesrs in Secret: The Gaelic Hymn Rann Roimh Urnaigh (Rune Before Prayer) & Its Introductory Note; Between the Sacred & the Secular: Vernacular Performance in a North-East Scottish Coastal Community; Percenter-Led Praise in Northern Scottish Congregations; How Does One Sing to a God Who Isn't the Lord? Sacred Singing in American-Jewish Feminism; Abstracts.
