Music and Chant (Orthodox)

Music and Chant Sites:

Choir of the Church of St. Prophet Elijah of Kiev Choir of the Church of St. Prophet Elijah of Kiev: The spiritual compositions, hymns, psalms, also Ukrainian and Russian folk songs in performance of the choir. Includes ordering information for CD. (Music and Chant) http://artmam.com/gift/cd/index.html Russian Patriarchate Choir Russian Patriarchate Choir: A list of recordings. Reviews of the recordings and concerts. Texts of the chants. (Music and Chant) http://www.grindenko.com/ Society of St. Romanos Society of St. Romanos: Dedicated to professional performance of Orthodox Church music. Russian, Greek, and Ukrainian musical traditions are included in the repertoire. (Music and Chant) http://www.societyromanos.org Podoben Podoben: Adaptations of Orthodox church music in the English language. Provides music in .pdf files as well as MIDI. (Music and Chant) http://www.podoben.com Znamenny Chant Znamenny Chant: A discussion of the development, notation, and musical analysis of this uniquely Russian Byzantine chant. (Music and Chant) http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/4612/znamenny.htm St. Sava Music Book 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. (Music and Chant) http://bobmounger.tripod.com/ Byzwriter 1.0 Software 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. (Music and Chant) http://www.di.uoa.gr/~gbelis/ Oh Pure Virgin Oh Pure Virgin: Modern arrangement by composer Ioannidis Nikolaos. Includes audio file and Greek text. (Music and Chant) http://homoecumenicus.com/ioannidis_pure_virgin.htm Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae, Copenhagen 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 (Music and Chant) http://www.igl.ku.dk/MMB/Welcome.html Hymns from the Liturgical Tradition Hymns from the Liturgical Tradition: Lots of QuickTime and RealAudio files. (Music and Chant) http://www.goarch.org/access/byzantinemusic/ Eastern Orthodox Liturgics at Liturgica.com Eastern Orthodox Liturgics at Liturgica.com: Presents a description of liturgical worship in the Orthodox Church, with links to CDs and books for purchase. (Music and Chant) http://www.liturgica.com/html/litEOLit.jsp?hostname=liturgica Byzantine Chant Studies Page 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. (Music and Chant) http://chant.theologian.org/ Byzantine Chant 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. (Music and Chant) http://www.0wned.org/~pavlos/ Troparia & Kontakia Index Troparia & Kontakia Index: A complete calendar of eastern saints, with troparia and kondakia. (Music and Chant) http://users.netmatters.co.uk/davidbryant/C/TropKon/TP.htm Pan-Orthodox Society for the Advancement of Liturgical Music 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. (Music and Chant) http://www.orthodoxpsalm.org/ Sirin Ensemble 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] (Music and Chant) http://www.sirin.ru/ Georgian Orthodox and Folk Songs Georgian Orthodox and Folk Songs: Georgian Orthodox Church Music Midi and Real Audio files (Music and Chant) http://sisauri.tripod.com/audio/real.htm Russian Orthodox Music 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 Da (Music and Chant) http://www.orthodoxmusic.org/ Arimathea Church Music 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. (Music and Chant) http://www.church-music.co.uk Musica Russica Musica Russica: Source of Russian choral music. Provides descriptions, ratings, and sells many Russian Orthodox church music CDs. Also sells sheet music. (Music and Chant) http://www.musicarussica.com/ Ancient Hymns for Modern Times 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 chante (Music and Chant) http://www.ancienthymns.com Psaltic Notes Psaltic Notes: Introduction to Byzantine Music theory and practice by Fr. Constantine J. Terss. Beautiful site with many Psalms. (Music and Chant) http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/frc/