Music of Cyprus — The music of Cyprus includes a variety of classical, folk and popular genres. Cypriot folk music is similar to the folk music of Greece, and includes dances like sousta, syrtos, Kalamatianos, zeimbekiko, and Rebetika. Contents 1 Medieval music 2… … Wikipedia
Byzantine music — is the music of the Byzantine Empire composed to Greek texts as ceremonial, festival, or church music [The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2007 Byzantine music ] . Greek and foreign historians agree that the ecclesiastical tones and in… … Wikipedia
Chrysanthos of Madytos — (ca. 1770 ca. 1840) was responsible for a reform of the notation of Byzantine Greek ecclesiastical music, along with Gregory the Protopsaltes and Chourmouzios the Archivist. See also Byzantine music This biographical article related to music is a … Wikipedia
Konstantinos Pringos — (Constantinople 1892 – Athens 1964) was a protopsaltes (leading cantor) in the Great Church of Constantinople from 1939 until 1959. In this position he succeeded Iakovos Nafpliotis, while Pringos himself was in turn succeeded by Thrasyvoulos… … Wikipedia
Chourmouzios the Archivist — (c. 1770, Chalki, Greece – 1840, Chalki) Composer of festal tropes, psalms, six Great Doxologies, Cherubic hymns, and communions, he is renowned for his 34 volumes attempting to transcribe the entire repertory of Byzantine chant into the… … Historical dictionary of sacred music
Chrysanthos of Madytus — (c. 1770, Madytus, northwestern Turkey – 1846, Bursa, Turkey) Byzantine theorist. Working with Chourmouzios the Archivist and Gregorios the Protopsaltes (c. 1778–1821), he wrote Theōretikon mega tēs mousikēs ( Great Theoretical Book on Music ) … Historical dictionary of sacred music
Koronoes, Xenos — (fl. c. 1325–1350) Second cantor (lampadarios) and possibly first cantor (prōtopsaltēs) at Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, he composed Byzantine chants in kalophonic style that appear in most akolouthai manuscripts from the late 15th century… … Historical dictionary of sacred music
CANTOR — I. CANTOR Graece Α᾿ιδὸς apud Homer. Od. γ. v. 265. Η῞δ᾿ ἤτοι το πρὶν μὲν ἀναίνετο ἔργον ἀεικὲς Δῖα Κλυταιμνήςτρη, φρεσὶ γὰρ κέχρητ᾿ ἀγαθῇτι, Παῤ γὰρ ἔην καὶ Αὀιδὸς ἀνὴρ, ᾧ πόλλ῾ ἐπέτελλεν Α᾿τρείδης, Τροὶηνδε κιὼν; εἴρυςθαι ἄκοιτιν, Α᾿λλ᾿ ὅτε δή… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
POLYCHRONION — Graece Πολυχρόνιον, i. e. multdsannos, in diuturnae vitae ac Imperii omen, acclamatum olim Imperatoribus Patriarchisque Graecis, non sine genuflexione. Augustin. de Verbo Dem. Serm. 30. c. 3. Exhibes aliquam sollennitatem amicis, audis ibi et… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
PSALTES — Graece Ψάλτης, quis dicatur in Ecclesia Graeca. Vide supra Psalmista. His qui praeerat, Protopsaltes dictus est, de qua voce itidem retro actum … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
