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Home / Society / Religion and Spirituality / Christianity / Denominations / Orthodox / Music and Chant
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- 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.
www.ancienthymns.com
- Antiochan Orthodox Musical Practice - Modern history of the music used in the Antiochan Orthodox Church in America
www.antiochian.org/Music/index.htm
- 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.
www.church-music.co.uk
- 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.
www.0wned.org/~pavlos
- 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.
chant.theologian.org
- Byzantine Music - Byzantine music, mp3, greek mp3, greek radio stations, chat, free byzantine music fonts.
www.byzantine-music.com
- 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.
www.di.uoa.gr/~gbelis
- Eastern Orthodox Liturgics at Liturgica.com - Presents a description of liturgical worship in the Orthodox Church, with links to CDs and books for purchase.
www.liturgica.com/html/litEOLit.jsp?hostname=liturgica
- EBYPES byzantine chant notation typography - The EBYPES Project is devoted to digitizing psaltic notation for the purpose of making the publication of books of chant easier.
ebypes.hypermart.net
- Eight Tones And Special Melodies According to the Russian Usage - History and simple explanation of chant and the eight tones. Also how to purchase a tape explaining and demonstrating the tones. From the New Valaam Trading Company.
www.orthodox.net/nvtc/o-p/index.html#8ton
- Georgian Orthodox and Folk Songs - Georgian Orthodox Church Music Midi and Real Audio files
sisauri.tripod.com/audio/real.htm
- Hymns from the Liturgical Tradition - Lots of QuickTime and RealAudio files.
www.goarch.org/access/byzantinemusic
- 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
www.igl.ku.dk/MMB/Welcome.html
- Musica Russica - Source of Russian choral music. Provides descriptions, ratings, and sells many Russian Orthodox church music CDs. Also sells sheet music.
www.musicarussica.com
- 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.
www.orthodoxpsalm.org
- Psaltic Notes - Introduction to Byzantine Music theory and practice by Fr. Constantine J. Terss. Beautiful site with many Psalms.
users.forthnet.gr/ath/frc
- 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.
www.orthodoxmusic.org
- Russian Patriarchate Choir - A list of recordings. Reviews of the recordings and concerts. Texts of the chants.
www.grindenko.com
- Saint George Byzantine Music - Offering transcribed Byzantine music, Orthodox church melodies and more than 7000 hymns to Western notation in English and Greek. Online audio samples.
www.sgph.org
- 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]
www.sirin.ru
- 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.
bobmounger.tripod.com
- Tonal System of the Orthodox Church - Short description of the history of chant in the Russian Church.
dfw.orthodox.net/saint_nicholas/nvalaam/tonehist.htm
- Troparia & Kontakia Index - A complete calendar of eastern saints, with troparia and kondakia.
users.netmatters.co.uk/davidbryant/C/TropKon/TP.htm
- Znamenny Chant - A discussion of the development, notation, and musical analysis of this uniquely Russian Byzantine chant.
www.geocities.com/Vienna/4612/znamenny.htm
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