Ḥasho: Music Modality and the Economy of Emotional Aesthetics

Ḥasho: Music Modality and the Economy of Emotional AestheticsEthnomusicology ForumSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/DPUUVJDU/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.TalaJarjourḤasho: Music Modality and the Economy of Emotional Aestheticshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/DPUUVJDUhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/DPUUVJDUhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/DPUUVJDUEthnomusicology Forum24:1201551-72This article is an ethnomusicological investigation of mode and emotion. It addresses connections between musical modality and emotionality by studying a musical phenomenon in the chant of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch. The article proposes that a certain construct in Syriac chant, locally known as ḥasho, lies at the intersection of emotionality, spirituality, musicality and knowledge, and mediates multilayered modalities of being and song. Focusing on Passion Week modal practices and on the ethnic overtones of ḥuzn as religious emotion, this article studies the emotional power of music in terms of its aesthetics of affection. In doing so, the article proposes an understanding of music based on an emotionally inscribed economy of aesthetics. Jarjour, Tala. “Ḥasho: Music Modality and the Economy of Emotional Aesthetics.” Ethnomusicology Forum 24:1 (2015): 51–72. Tala Jarjour, Ḥasho: Music Modality and the Economy of Emotional Aesthetics,” Ethnomusicology Forum 24:1 (2015): 51–72.AleppoEdessaJacobitesPassionVII-XVIII CEXIX-XXI CEemotionsliturgicsmusicsingingspirituality