An expedition to Saint Catherine's Monastery in 1950 (the Greek, Arabic, Syriac, Ethiopic, Slavonic and Georgian manuscripts of the old collection)

Just about the collection of Georgian manuscripts, Stig Frøyshov (2012, 236) wrote:

The ancient collection counts today 86 codices. It was photographed in its entirety in 1950 by an expedition initiated by the American Library of Congress.

A significan

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Bonum est 151 (last episode) about Psalm 151 within the Coptic rite

Psalm 151 and the Coptic liturgy

in collaboration with Magdalena Kuhn (Peeters)

Article Coptic Music

During episode 151 of «Bonum est» you will listen to liturgical music in Egypt. The Copts belong to the largest Christian communities of Egypt and they

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Interview with Owen Wright

Please have a look at the interview by Carolyn Landau with Owen Wright (BL sound archive):

http://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Interviews-with-ethnomusicologists/025M-C1397X0005XX-0001V0

 

See also his page:

http://www.iis.ac.uk/view_person.a

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Ragheb Moftah, Marian Robertson & Martha Roy: Article about Coptic Music

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Coptic Chant Records at the Library of Congress

Le "Library of Congress" nous offre quelques  reproductions.

Essayez la déscription bizzare par Guillaume-André Villoteau. Il a testifié 10 modes (Oktoechos et 2 phthorai?):

http://www.loc.gov/search/?q=villoteau+guillaume+andre

Au moins son exemple fai

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