2015/02/24 by Tala Jarjour · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Neuroscience · Computer Science · #Music History and Culture #Neuroscience and Music Perception #Music Technology and Sound Studies
paper · doi:10.1080/17411912.2015.1018918
openalex publication_date 2015/02/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This 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.