Call Number RR-004

Resource Code 008-004

സുറിയാനി-മലയാള കീർത്തന മാലിക

The Syriac-Malayalam Hymnal

edited by

Rev. Saldanha A, S. J.

Printed at - Codialbail Press, Mangalore, for the Cathedral Church, Calicut, in 1937. Pp. 27 + 181 + x + v. Part I: Syriac chants of the solemn high mass of the Chaldeo-Syrian rite of Kerala (text transliterated in Malayalam, music in Western staff notation). Part II: Malayalam devotional songs in Western staff notation. This is the first publication of Syriac melodies in staff notation in India. Probably, these melodies were composed in Kerala. The Preface (in English and Malayalam, pp. 9-18) by Rev. Saldanha is quite informative, among other things, on the status Christian music in Kerala in the first quarter of the twentieth century.
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Keywords - The Syriac-Malayalam Hymnal, Rev. Saldanha A, S. J., Suriyani Malayala Keerthana Malika, Saldanha, Syriac Chants, Solemn High Mass, Chaldeo Syrian rite, Syro Malabar Church, Malayalam Devotional Songs, Syriac Melodies, Staff Notation, Music Notation, Joseph J. Palackal