Deben Bhattacharya – Religious Music From The Holy Land

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COPTIC
A1: Bells from the Coptic Church, Nazareth. Sunday morning, 30 June, 1957.
A2: Quddass, Sunday morning celebration in the Coptic Church, Nazareth, 30 June, 1957.
A3: Kyrie Eleison. Chant from the afternoon service at the Coptic Chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, 6 August, 1960.
A4: Reading of the Text. Coptic Chapel in the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, 6 August, 1960.

DOMINICAN
A5: Ite, Missa est and response. Recorded during St. Dominic's Greater-double Feast Day, Church of St. Dominic, Jerusalem, 4 August, 1960.

GREEK ORTHODOX
A6: Verses and responses from the evening service at the Greek Chapel of the Crucifixion in the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, 6 August, 1960.
A7: A hymn sung by massed choirs. From the evening service at the Greek Chapel of the Crucifixion in the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, 6 August, 1960.

ARMENIAN
B1: Simandre. Suspended wooden plank rhythmically hammered with a mallet by a priest prior to the church service. Recorded at the Armenian Church, Jerusalem, 5 August, 1960.
B2: A hymn from the afternoon service at the Armenian Church, Jerusalem, 5 August, 1960.

JEWISH
B3: Shir Hashirim, Song of Songs. Language: Hebrew. Style: Sephardic, of Hispano-Jewish origin. Jerusalem, 10 June, 1957.
B4: Mizmor Shir Leyoum Shebat. Solo and chorus. Language: Hebrew. Style: Ashkenazi, of Eastern European origin. Jerusalem, 15 June, 1957.
B5: Bereshit. Recital of the Hebrew Biblical text and the Aramaic translation. Recorded in Yishi, a Yemeni settlement, 18 June, 1957.
B6: Mizmor Shir Channehat Beit, Psalm of David. Language: Hebrew, style: Yemeni. Recorded in Yishi, 18 June, 1957.

ISLAMIC
B7: Addhan, the muezzin's call to prayer. Recorded in the mosque of Ahmad el Jezzar Pasha, Acre, 8 July, 1957.
B8: Waddoha, a section of Koranic verse. Recorded in el Jezzar Mosque, Acre, during the annual gathering at the Id prayers, 8 July, 1957.
B9: Kurbani prayer. Recorded in el Jezzar Mosque, Acre, 8 July, 1957.

"Sponsored by the National Centre for Folk Wide Concerts in Sweden (RIKSKONSERTER) under the auspices of The Museum for the History of Music, Stockholm"

Gatefold sleeve with attached 12-page illustrated folder with liner notes in English.