chazzanutとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Hebrew חַזָּנוּת.

名詞

chazzanut (uncountable)

1. Jewish liturgical music, as performed by a cantor.
   • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 230:

     His [Sholom Friede] numerous collections are retained in the Hebrew Union College library […] containing in all about two hundred numbers, in the style of the eighteenth century. He had a love for the Polish-Jewish songs; and due to that fact, we are in possession of the early Polish chazzanuth and of tunes in Chassidic style.

   • 1996 August 30, Shirah Winicur, “Boring Reform services”, in soc.culture.jewish‎ (Usenet):

     Why is having a chazan equated with a solo performance? My husband and I do the chazanut for our congregation because the rabbi cannot sing well enough to lead the congregation.