Tradition and Innovation in Late- and Postbyzantine Liturgical Chant II

Proceedings of the Congress held at Hernen Castle, the Netherlands, 30 October - 3 November 2008

Edited by G. Wolfram Edited by C. Troelsgard

Book cover: Tradition and Innovation in Late- and Postbyzantine Liturgical Chant II

Extent: 352 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Byzantine Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Eastern Christian Studies

Series volume number: 17

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2013)

ISBN: 9789042927483

Price: $75.00

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What is the relation between the Greek ecclesiastical chant traditions of today and Byzantine chant? That question can only be answered through a meticulous study of the transmission and transformation of both the melodies, the genres, and the whole musical culture of Late Byzantium and the subsequent centuries.


What is the relation between the Greek ecclesiastical chant traditions of today and Byzantine chant? That question can only be answered through a meticulous study of the transmission and transformation of both the melodies, the genres, and the whole musical culture of Late Byzantium and the subsequent centuries. This book presents a handful of studies focusing on both the development of new musical styles, such as the ornamented Kalofonia (‘Beautiful sound’), and on the education of the cantors, the psaltai. The role of the master cantors, the maistores, their teachings, treatises, traditions, innovations, compositions, and the various modes of interpretation (exegesis) are among the topics covered by this collection of papers, written by specialist scholars of Byzantine chant history.

  • Edited by G. Wolfram
  • Edited by C. Troelsgard