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Byzantine Musical Tradition in Romania as revealed in Romanian Anastasimataria (19th - 20th centuries)

by Alexandru-Marius Dumitrescu


Staying awake at the wheel: some thoughts on arranging and composing Orthodox church music

by James Chater


The “Decay” Revisited:

The St Petersburg Court Chant in the context of other common chan traditions of 19th century Russia

by Jopi Harri


Certain compositional characteristics in the heirmos of the 8th Tone

(based on Russian sources from the 12th - 17th centuries)

by Svetlana Poliakova


How Musical was the ‘Sung Office’? Some observations on the Ethos of the Late Byzantine Cathedral Rite

by Alexander Lingas


The Heirmologion by Balasios the Priest: A Middle-point between Past and Present

by Ioannis Arvanitis


The Perspectives of Reviving Znamenny Singing in Russia

by Anatoly Grindenko

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