Byzantine Chant — Chant of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Uniate Church of the Byzantine Rite, and other ecclesial descendants of the eastern Roman empire. An estimated 15,000 manuscripts of the chant survive, although only about 10 percent are written in a… … Historical dictionary of sacred music
Psaltikon — Liturgical book of Byzantine chant compiled for the soloist as contrasted with the choir’s asmatikon. Responsorial chants divided between soloist and choir will likewise be divided between the books; both are required for a complete… … Historical dictionary of sacred music
Nenano — Phthora Nenano (gr. φθορά νενανῶ, also νενανὼ) is the name of one of the two extra modes in the Byzantine Octoechos an eight mode system, which was created by a reform of the Monastery Agios Sabas, near Jerusalem, during the seventh century.… … Wikipedia
Octoechos — This article is about the Byzantine musical system of eight modes. For the book of liturgical texts set to those modes, see Octoechos (liturgy). Oktōēchos (here transcribed Octoechos ; Greek: Ὀκτώηχος, from ὀκτώ eight + ἦχος sound, mode called… … Wikipedia
Byzantine chant — Music. liturgical plainsong identified with the Eastern Orthodox Church and dating from the Byzantine Empire. * * * Unison liturgical chant of the Greek Orthodox church from the era of the Byzantine Empire to the 16th century. It probably derived … Universalium
Divine Songs — (Greek: ta theia asmata) Byzantine hymns sung during the Liturgy of the Catechumens. They include the prokeimenon, to be sung before the reading from St. Paul, and the Alleluia, sung before the Gospel. See also Asmatikon; Divine Liturgy;… … Historical dictionary of sacred music
Hypakoai — Byzantine chant divided between choir and soloist in the manner of a Western responsory. Different melodic settings of the same text may appear in a psaltikon (for a soloist) and in an asmātikon (for a choir) … Historical dictionary of sacred music
АСМАТИКОН — [Азматикон; греч. ̓Ασματικόν], визант. богослужебная певч. книга. Содержит песнопения, предназначенные для исполнения хором певчих в отличие от книги Псалтикон, где собраны песнопения для певца солиста (псалта). Эти 2 типа рукописей взаимно… … Православная энциклопедия
ВИЗАНТИЙСКАЯ ИМПЕРИЯ. ЧАСТЬ IV — Изобразительное искусство является важнейшей по значению в христ. культуре и наиболее обширной по количеству сохранившихся памятников частью художественного наследия В. и. Хронология развития визант. искусства не вполне совпадает с хронологией… … Православная энциклопедия
