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Music and Chant

Music plays an important role in Orthodox worship. Chant, a special form of liturgical music, is frequently used. This category describes Orthodox music and chant and provides samples so you can listen to it.

Sites in Music and Chant

Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae, Copenhagen
The MMB microfilm collection contains more than 680 items for use by scholars of Byzantine chant. Housed at the University of Copenhagen, Institute for Greek and Latin
Byzantine Chant
Includes History, Theory, and Wav files of Byzantine Choirs and individual psalters. Links to other chant and Byzantine pages. Created and maintained by Pavlos Papadakis.
Byzwriter 1.0 Software
A system for writing the Byzantine Music Notation created by Gezerlis G. Velissarios (PHD student, University of Athens, Greece.) Windows 95 and Word 6 or 7 (Greek Version) required.
Eastern Orthodox Liturgics at Liturgica.com
Presents a description of liturgical worship in the Orthodox Church, with links to CDs and books for purchase.
Znamenny Chant
A discussion of the development, notation, and musical analysis of this uniquely Russian Byzantine chant.
Hymns from the Liturgical Tradition
Lots of QuickTime and RealAudio files.
Musica Russica
Source of Russian choral music. Provides descriptions, ratings, and sells many Russian Orthodox church music CDs. Also sells sheet music.
Byzantine Chant Studies Page
Devoted to the study and practice of Byzantine Chant, especially as it may be executed in the English language. MP3 format audio files of chant are available. By Daniel Johnson.
Ancient Hymns for Modern Times
Hymns of Byzantine Chant by Katerina Sitaras Makiej, Presvytera, in English and Greek. Audio sample, ordering info on site. CDs and tapes include hymns from the Orthodox Christian worship services. Psalms and inspiring prayers set to music and chanted by a female solo voice.
Psaltic Notes
Introduction to Byzantine Music theory and practice by Fr. Constantine J. Terss. Beautiful site with many Psalms.
Arimathea Church Music
Music for choirs using the new services of Morning and Evening Prayer from "Common Worship". The settings are the work of David Melling, a chanter in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira.
Georgian Orthodox and Folk Songs
Georgian Orthodox Church Music Midi and Real Audio files
Troparia & Kontakia Index
A complete calendar of eastern saints, with troparia and kondakia.
Russian Patriarchate Choir
A list of recordings. Reviews of the recordings and concerts. Texts of the chants.
St. Sava Music Book
Settings of English translations of Orthodox Church music. Includes Irmos for the Canon of the Resurrection in the eight tones. Requires a plug-in for Internet Explorer. Files must be saved and played locally with other browsers. Windows only.
Sirin Ensemble
Vocal ensemble performing early Russian Orthodox chants and spiritual verses. History of the ensemble, repertoire description, wav and mp3 files of Orthodox church and folk chants. [English/Russian]
Pan-Orthodox Society for the Advancement of Liturgical Music
PSALM is dedicated to the advancement of Orthodox Christian liturgical music and chant. Includes membership information and resources.
Russian Orthodox Music
Russian Orthodox music - English translations set to Russian chants (obikhod). Settings are in PDF format. Settings for stikhera at "Lord, I call," dismissal troparia, and kontakia from the Oktoechos, plus special melodies. Site maintained by Dave Goode, choirmaster at St. Ephraim the Syrian Mission, Cambridge, England, UK.
Choir of the Church of St. Prophet Elijah of Kiev
The spiritual compositions, hymns, psalms, also Ukrainian and Russian folk songs in performance of the choir. Includes ordering information for CD.
Oh Pure Virgin
Modern arrangement by composer Ioannidis Nikolaos. Includes audio file and Greek text.
Podoben
Adaptations of Orthodox church music in the English language. Provides music in .pdf files as well as MIDI.
Society of St. Romanos
Dedicated to professional performance of Orthodox Church music. Russian, Greek, and Ukrainian musical traditions are included in the repertoire.

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