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The Performance Practice of the Rig-Veda: A Musical Expression of Excited Speech
… Although there have been much academic research about the Veda cantillation (the performance of a collection of Indian … This study summarizes the characteristics of the Rig-Veda cantillation and discusses the implications for more general musical issues. The Rig- Veda hymns represent an extreme case in which the …
The Performance Practice of the Rig-Veda: A Musical Expression of Excited Speech
… The Veda, as is well known, is the religious lore of ancient … fifth century B.C.E., and compiled in four collections: The Rig-Veda (collections of hymns), the Sama-Veda (hymns with … the Vedic cantillation especially that of the Rig-Veda assigns it a special place among the various kinds …