Religious Music From The Holy Land

1. A1Bells From The Coptic Church0:25
2. A2Quddass, Sunday Morning Celebration3:00
3. A3Kyrie Eleison0:55
4. A4Reading Of The Text3:00
5. A5Ite, Missa Est And Response3:00
6. A6Verses And Responses4:05
7. A7A Hymn Sung By Massed Choirs4:05
8. B1Simandre1:10
9. B2A Hymn From The Afternoon Service1:40
10. B3Shir Hashirim1:00
11. B4Mizmor Shir Leyoum Shebat3:25
12. B5Bereshit2:35
13. B6Mizmor Shir Channehat Beit1:12
14. B7Addhan2:30
15. B8Waddoha1:55
16. B9Kurbani Prayer5:00

Track info:

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.


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