THE SACRED MONASTERY
OF THE
EXALTATION OF THE
HOLY CROSS
Orthodox Music Sites
The Orthodox Musical tradition is by and large foreign to the western Christian ear and "mindset". While there are points of contact with western European music (particularly in the Russian tradition), it is a music which in its vision and style has (at least since the time of the western European dark ages) developed in a much different way. In part this has do do with the fact that during its dark ages the church of western Europe adopted the; "low mass" as its norm, while in the east the sung or chanted liturgy has always been the norm. In part it has to do with the development of musical instruments in the west and their adoption for use by the Church, whereas in the east only the human voice was considered appropriate for musical expression in the Church. In the links below, those things are pointed out which express both the differences and the points of contact between Orthodox and western Christian liturgical music.
- Byzantine Chant Page: History, Theory, Sound, Form, Links to other pages on Byzantine Chant
- Byzantine Music: A site maintained by the Montreal Hellenic Community which gives a brief explanation of contemporary Church perfermance and downloadable musical examples.
- Byzantine Music of the Greek Orthodox Church: A recorded series of Church Hymnography in present day Byzantine Chant
- "Prostopinije" Liturgical Chant According to the Carpatho-Rusyn Tradition: A brief survey of the origins of contemporary Carpathian usage.
- Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae: An ongoing project at the University of Copenhagen, Institute for Greek and Latin researching the field of Byzantine chant
- Musical Heritage of Eastern Europe: The web site of a music course at Rhodes College taught by Prof. Patricia Gray which surveys the musical traditions of Russia, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. Includes sections on sacred music comparing and contrasting Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions.
- Musica Russica: The Russian Choral Music Source: The all in one source for Russian Church and folk music--Printed Music, Tapes, CD's , pronounciation guides, etc. Featured April 28, 1996, in a full page article of the NY
Sunday Times.
- Orthodox Byzantine Music: A brief explanation and description by Dimitry Conomos, a leading authority on Byzantine Chant in North America
- Ratio Studiorum: The Shape of Modern Chant Studies: An investigation into the nature of ecclesiastical chant and its relationship to language and communication.
- Russian Znamenny Chant: A basic history by Dawn Gauthier of the Indiana University School of Music
- The Tonal System of the Orthodox Church: A brief explanation of the beginnings and development of Orthodox Church Chant, particularly in the Russian Tradition.
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