Among many other sources the Akolouthiai (τάξις τῶν ἀκολουθίων “order of services”) are one of the most important sources of Byzantine psaltic art. This new book type of the 14th century replaced the old books of the cathedral rite (the choir book kn
Read more…Neofit, Patriarch of Bulgaria, has died this night in a military hospital after multiple organ failure. He was in intensive care since November 2023.
Funeral on 14 March at the Metropolitan church Sv. Marina:
Public funeral on 15 March at the Patriarch
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Georgian sacred music is one of the most ancient and significant parts of Christian culture. The history of Georgian church chanting takes its origin in the depths of
Read more…A Brief Historical Overview of Armenian Sacred Music and NeumesArtur Shahnazaryan
The sacred music of the Armenian Apostolic Church, like other Christian music traditions, is the result of the fruitful relationship between the oral and the |
I have phantastic news for scholars occupied with Greek music palæography!
Without having changed the general URL I would like to announce, that all links of the Monumenta had been slightly changed.
https://www.igl.ku.dk/MMB/
The new homepage has no l
Nikola Antonov with Gregorios Papaemmanouil, Archon Protopsaltes at the Patriarchate of Alexandria,
at the klir of the Rila Monastery
I would like to welcome a new inscribed member here: Nikola Antonov. According to my opinion he is one of the most p
Read more…The first Iadgari manuscript which was published entirely online. I would like to thank Andrew Wade who exchanged with me some precious observations on this source.
Hesperinos for Monday and Tuesday (f. 221r)
About 1000 • Incomplete (the t
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J'ai traduit une petite méthode introductive à la musique byzantine. Ce n'est pas un ouvrage d'érudition mais pour une première initiation c'est amplement suffisant. J'espère pouvoir vous proposer d'autres ouvrages en traduction franç
Read more…Some years ago, I had to ask Greek friends to buy these CDs in the bookstores of the Orthodox church, today you can buy them directly online:
The webpage e-kere presents the publishing and research activity of the Research and Publica
Read more…Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, Cod. gr. 78
Heirmoi/Katabasiai für den Evangelismos
http://www.medimuses.gr/book_publications/corpora.html
As a European initiative Ottoman composers who used Byzantine neumes, had been transcribed by Kyriakos Kalaitzides and other editors (please note that only Cemil Bey has an entry at the New Grove
Read more…This manuscript is knows as Yale fragment, written by Peter Lampadarie for archbishop of Sarajevo, written on Church Slavic with Greek letters. Written for service in Serbian Orthodox Churh.
https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3549567?image
Read more…This is data from Mount Athos Repository LINK
Manuscript No: 0074
Content:
Μουσικό χειρόγραφο - Στιχηράριο.
φφ. 1r-126v: Στιχηρὰ ἰδιόμελα τῶν ἑορτῶν τοῦ Μηνολογίου (Inc. "...ὑμνοῦσί σε, Κύριε· σῦν αὐτοῖς δὲ Μιχαὴλ ὁ ἀσώματος...").
φφ. 127r-216
Catalogue of the Greek manuscripts on Mount Athos /
Edited for the syndics of the University Press, by Spyr. P. Lambros.
2 vols
Online on Digital Library of Modern Greek Studies, Anemi
Read more…Dear friends,
I look for a song from MS Iviron 1203
ΘΡΗΝΟΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΛΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΜΠΟΣΝΑΣ (Lament For The Conquest Of Bosna).
Can you help me to find it in original notation?
THANK YOU!!!
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National and University Library "St. Kliment of Ohrid", Skopje (Macedonia) (Old Church Slavonic Manuscripts)
Akafist
“Akafist” is a particular Slavonic genre which was inspired by t
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Introduction
The Russian State Library of Moscow (RSL / РГБ for Российская государственная библиотека or RISM siglum RU-Mrg) is the second National Library after the historical one of Petersburg. Du
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The Mone Megistes Lavras (Monastery of the Great Lavra: RISM siglum GR-AOml) is not only one of the richest and biggest Lavra monasteries of the Holy Mount Athos, it has also a famous collection of Old Byzantine sticheraria according to the local Cha
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After Oliver Strunk’s study of the Byzantine tonal system in 1942, mainly based on Late Byzantine sources of the Papadikai, there has been very few resonance around Christian Thodberg’s study of the tonal system of the kontakarion 60 years
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