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Dr. Joseph J. Palackal C.M.I.

Research and publications

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1 2021

Fr. Abel Periyappuram, CMI (1920-2001), Creator of a new Syriac music genre in Malayalam:

A Presentation By Dr. Joseph J. Palackal for the Webinar on Liturgical Music held on Wednesday 10 Feb 2021

Organised by Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (DVK) , Bengaluru

 

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2 2020 Kyanaya: the Impromptu Mode of Melody Making in Syriac 8075514258 Pdf

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3 2019

North American Story - The story of Bilingual Qurbana in North America

Reclaiming Syriac chants to Reaffirm Identity - An American Story By Dr. Joseph J. Palackal

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4 2016 Introduction.
Directory of Christian Songs in Malayalam. - Joseph J. Palackal With Felix Simon - 19 May 2016
 
5 2016 Introduction
-Encyclopedia of Syriac Chants of the Syro Malabar Church Joseph J. Palackal With Felix Simon. 15 August 2016
 
6 2016 Introduction.
Music Iconography- Joseph J. Palackal 3 July 2016
 
7 2016 The Survival Story of Syriac Chants among the St. Thomas Christians in South India.
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The Oxford Handbook of Music and World Christianities,
Edited by Jonathan Dueck and Suzel A. Reily. Oxford University Press..

ISBN: 9780199859993
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199859993.013.31
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8 Ongoing The Aramaic Project: JESUS AND INDIA: A CONNECTION THROUGH LANGUAGE AND MUSIC. Documenting the Last Remnants of the Aramaic Language and Music among the Syro Malabar Catholics in Kerala, India. Project in progress.  
9 Ongoing Music & Colour: Oktoechos of the Orthodox Christians in Kerala. Sponsor: The Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. Work in progress.  
10 2015 Mārggam Kaḷi (Dance of the Way): Synopsis of the Fourteen Cantos Pdf
11 2013 The Pallippuram Cross.  
12 2013 Qurbānā ("Offering"): The Eucharistic Celebration of the Syro-Malabar Church.  
13 2012 Homage to a Guru. Prepared for the 25th death anniversary celebration of Shri K.K.Antony Master  
14 2012 Nadopasana Thodupuzha: Twenty-five years of Leadership in Music. Prepared for the Silver Jubilee celebrations.
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15 2008 Kerala, the Cradle of Christianity in South Asia: The Cultural Interface of Religion and Music (DVD).  
16 2007 With Thaila, George. Solemn High Mass of the Syro-Malabar Church. Musical setting of the English version of Mass in the Chaldean rite of the Syro-Malabar Church; CD with 16-page booklet, 7 photographs, music example, and bibliography; soloists: Joseph J. Palackal, Feba Thoyalil, and Marianne Thaila; recorded at Martin's Digital, Queens, New York Chicago: St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Diocese of Chicago. (SMC 101 - 2007). Review : Paul D. Greene, Ethnomusicology, vol. 54, no. 2 (Spring/Summer 2010), p. 360. Library catalogs  
17 2007 With Thaila, George, and Kurisingal, Dennis. Qurbānā: Solemn High Mass of the Syro-Malabar Church. Music Notation 16 melodies for Mass in Western staff notation with chordal accompaniment; illustrations by Dan Fuller. Chicago and Aluva: St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Diocese of Chicago and Christian Musicological Society of India.  
18 2006 Notes on Persian Cross, Christ the Guru, and Mother of Wisdom.  
19 2005 Syriac Chant Traditions in South India. A study of the contemporary practice of model melodies of the Chaldean rite in the Syro-Malabar Church, and the oktoechos ("eight voices") of the Antiochene rite in the Orthodox churches. Ph.D. dissertation. The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Director: Stephen Blum. (ProQuest ID 888835631).
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20 2005 Kerala, Kochi, Trivandrum. Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. 5: Asia and Oceania, edited by John Shepherd, et al. London and New York: The Continuum International Publishing Group, pp. 91-92, 104-105, 117-118.  
21 2004 Oktoechos of the Syrian Orthodox Churches in South India. Ethnomusicology, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 229-250.
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22 2004 "Interface Between History and Music in the Christian Context of South India." A survey of the musical history of the Syro-Malabar Church in Kerala, India, shows the mutuality of musical and historical inquiries in which musicological discourse assumes a significant role as a tool in historiography. In Christianity and Native Cultures: Perspectives From Different Regions of the World. Cyriac Pullapilly, et al., eds. Notre Dame, Indiana: Cross Cultural Publications, pp. 150-161. PDF
23 2003 Kudumba praarthanayum bhajana gaanangalum Family Prayer and Bhajan Songs Fr. Proksh SVD (1904-1986) was one of the pioneers in adapting the bhajan style of music in Catholic worship in India. In the 1960s, Dharmaram College and the National Biblical Catechetical and Liturgical Center (NBCLC), Bangalore, gave leadership in creating an "Indian liturgy" that adapted Hindu terminologies and Indian classical music. Although Indian liturgy has lost popularity, Christian bhajans continue to have currency among the Catholics in Kerala. Kudumbadeepam (March 2003), pp. 6-8, 14. Language: Malayalam.  
24 2002 Reprint 2009. Qambel Maran: Syriac Chants from South India. CD with 29 chants, 16-page booklet in English, map, 7 photographs, and bibliography. Chants in Syriac (Aramaic) from the Chaldean liturgy of the Syro-Malabar Church of the St. Thomas Christians. Includes chants from the liturgy of the Hours, Raza, funeral services, Syriac translation of Latin chants by St.Thomas Aquinas, and chants for special occasions such as wedding and celebration of the feast of the Blessed Virgin and saints. Performers include Fr. Abel Periyappuram, CMI (1920-2001), Fr. Probus Perumalil, CMI, et al. Recorded in Kerala, South India, in 1999 and 2000. (PAN 2085). Library catalogs & Reviews  
25 2001 India: Christian Music. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2nd edn., vol. 12, edited by Stanley Sadie, John Tyrell. London: Macmillan Publishers, pp. 233-34, 237. Pdf
26 2001 Mando. A composite genre of poetry, music, and dance, popular among the Catholics of Goa and the neighboring regions of the west coast of India. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edn., vol. 15, edited by Stanley Sadie, John Tyrell. London: Macmillan Publishers, pp. 736-37. Pdf
27 2000 Kalayum kraisthawa wiswaasawum: oru bhaaratheeya samwaadam Art and Christian Faith: an Indian Dialogue Christianity in India is believed to be as old as Christianity itself. Yet Christian artists in India, by and large, are reluctant to interpret faith through images inspired by their local cultures. Instead, most Christian families and institutions proudly exhibit pictures of blue-eyed, blond-haired Jesus and Mary, painted by European artists. By giving an Indian definition to Christian faith, artists can contribute not only to Catholic Christianity, but also to Indian art. Sathyadeepam, vol. 74 (November 8, 2000), p. 5. Language: Malayalam. Pdf
28 2000 Kerala Christian Musical Traditions. , edited by Alison Arnold. New York and London: Garland Publishing, pp. 944-947. Pdf
29 2000 Kerala Muslim Music. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, vol. 5: South Asia: the Indian Subcontinent, edited by Alison Arnold. New York and London: Garland Publishing, pp. 947-948. Pdf
30 2000 Kerala Jewish Music. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, vol. 5: South Asia: the Indian Subcontinent, edited by Alison Arnold. New York and London: Garland Publishing, pp. 948-949. Pdf
31 2000 Kerala Tribal Music. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, vol. 5: South Asia: the Indian Subcontinent, edited by Alison Arnold. New York and London: Garland Publishing, p. 949. Pdf
32 2000 Kerala Folk Music. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, vol. 5: South Asia: the Indian Subcontinent, edited by Alison Arnold. New York and London: Garland Publishing, p. 950.

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33 2000 Kerala Film Music. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, vol. 5: South Asia: the Indian Subcontinent, edited by Alison Arnold. New York and London: Garland Publishing, p. 951. Review: "The articles on Kerala, by Groesbeck and Palackal, and Sri Lanka, by Sheeran, are two of the very best in the entire encyclopedia." -- Wolf, Richard K. 2004. Book Review: Alison Arnold, ed., The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: the Indian Subcontinent, Ethnomusicology, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 278-283.

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34 1999 Problems and Issues in the Study of the Syriac Chant Traditions in South India. The St. Thomas Christians in India continue to preserve the Chaldean and Antiochene liturgies and chants in Syriac (Aramaic) that originated in the Middle East. The richness and the diversity in these chant traditions demand more scholarly attention than what they received in the past. A history of Indian music may be incomplete without the history of Syriac chants. Christian Orient, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 176-81.  
35 1999 Sangeethawum sabhaacharitrawum gaweshana weekshanathil Music and Church History: Research Perspectives Musical memories handed down from generation to generation through oral transmission among Christians in Kerala preserve the stories of cultural and religious interactions between South India, the Middle East, and Europe. Sathyadeepam, vol. 73 (August 18, 1999), pp. 5, 11. Language: Malayalam.  
36 1995

Puthen paana: A Musical Study. An analysis of the intercultural processes that influenced the singing styles of Puthen paana , an eighteenth-century Malayalam poem by John Earnest Hanxleden, in the historical context of Christianization and religious colonization in South India. Master's thesis. Hunter College-CUNY. Director: Barbara L. Hampton. (ProQuest ID: 740455261).

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37 1985 With Ephraim, Indumathi. 1985. Kristu Sahasra Naamam Thousand Names of Christ Selections from the Sanskrit poem of the same title by I. C. Chacko, Illiparambil, composed in semi-classical style. Pre-recorded cassette. FDMIC 210. Deccan Records, Bangalore. Text: I. C. Chacko, Illiparambil. Music: Anto Amarnad, CMI. Lead singers: Joseph Palackal and Indumathi Ephraim. Accompanying booklet with transliteration and English translation of the text by Francis Vineeth, CMI.  
38 1980 Aaraadhanakramatthil sangeethatthinulla sthaanam The Role of Music in Liturgy The ancient Syriac (Aramaic) chant tradition is one of the identity markers of the Syro-Malabar Church in Kerala, India. Preservation of these chants should go hand in hand with adaptation of Indian classical and semi-classical styles of music in liturgy. St. Mary's Forane Church Souvenir, Pallipuram, India, pp. 71-77. Language: Malayalam.  
39 1979 Christian Bhajans. Long Play (LP) Record. LDEC 102. Deccan Records, Bangalore. 12 bhajans in Malayalam. Principal vocalist: Joseph Palackal. Chorus singers: Sunny Mampilly, Molly Madathiparambil, Jacintha Jose. Liner notes: Thomas Aykara, CMI. Cover design: Joy Elamkunnapuzha, CMI. Recorded at HMV Studios, Gemini, Madras, April 12-13, 1978.  
40 1977 Kristeeya gaanangal Christian Songs. 45-RPM Extended Play (EP) Record. EDEC 1002. Deccan Records, Bangalore. 3 Christian devotional songs in Malayalam. Solo vocalist: Joseph Palackal. Lyrics: Cherian Kunianthodath CMI. Music: K. J. Joy. Liner notes: A. Mathias Mundadan, CMI. Recorded at HMV Studio, Gemini, Madras. Link