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 — 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
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
Akathistos Hymn — Famous Byzantine kontakion, its anonymous text, containing two prooimia followed by 24 strophes in honor of the Virgin Mary, dates from as early as the sixth century, but the earliest known melodic setting, highly melismatic, dates from a 13th … Historical dictionary of sacred music
Asmatikon — Liturgical book of Byzantine chant compiled for the trained choir (psaltai) as contrasted with the soloist’s psaltikon. Responsorial chants divided between soloist and choir will likewise be divided between the books; both are required for a… … Historical dictionary of sacred music
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
Kalophonic Chant — Elaboration of the traditional Byzantine chants, characterized by verbal and motivic repetition and performed by expert maistores from the 14th and 15th centuries until the 19th century, when Chrysanthos of Madytus simplified the repertory.… … Historical dictionary of sacred music
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
КАЛОФОНИЧЕСКОЕ ПЕНИЕ — Аколуфии. 1336 г. (Athen. Bibl. Nat. 2458. Fol. 1) Аколуфии. 1336 г. (Athen. Bibl. Nat. 2458. Fol. 1) [калофония; греч. καλοφωνία, от καλός прекрасный и φωνή голос, звук], греч. певч. стиль, расцвет которого приходится на 2 последних столетия… … Православная энциклопедия
