Byzantine Chant: A sequel to the monograph Byzantine Sacred Music containing a concise discussion of the Origin of Byzantine chant, its Modes, Tempo, Notation, Prologoi, Prosomoia, Style, and other features

Publication Data: Belmont, MA: Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1998
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 102
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.6 cm × 13.6 cm × 0.8 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 1‒884729‒39‒8

   
By Constantine Cavarnos

“The term 'Byzantine Music' denotes the music that was used and developed in the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire of the Hellenic East. [...]Byzantine sacred music is used, firstly, as a means of worshipping God and venerating the saints, and secondly, as a means of self-perfecting, of opposing and eradicating man's lower, undesirable thoughts, feelings and dispositions, and of eliciting and cultivating the higher ones.”
—“INTRODUCTORY”

CONTENTS

   PREFACE
   INTRODUCTORY
1 A PURELY VOCAL MUSIC
2 MONOPHONY
3 ANTIPHONY
4 ISOCRATEMA
5 CANONARCHEMA
6 MODES
7 TEMPO
8 NOTATION
9 PROLOGOI
10 STYLE
   BIBLIOGRAPHY
   INDEX OF PROPER NAMES