Music and Ritual in Medieval Slavia Orthodoxa
Against a backdrop of liturgical change in the Orthodox Slavic world, this book addresses the performance practices of particular numbers as described in a selection of medieval Slavic service books. The feasts of the Holy Cross as observed during the week of September 14, during the Lenten fast and Good Friday serve as case studies
Against a backdrop of liturgical change in the Orthodox Slavic world, this book addresses the performance practices of particular numbers as described in a selection of medieval Slavic service books. The feasts of the Holy Cross as observed during the week of September 14, during the Lenten fast and Good Friday serve as case studies
| Autor: | Myers, Gregory |
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| ISBN: | 9783034328197 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 236 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers |
| Veröffentlicht: | 29.12.2017 |
| Untertitel: | The Exaltation of the Holy Cross |
| Schlagworte: | Angelica Balkans Constantinople Cross Exaltation Good Friday chant choir |
Gregory Myers is an independent scholar, publisher and bibliographer residing in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He holds a MLIS degree and a PhD. in historical musicology from the University of British Columbia. Myers specializes in the music of Eastern Europe, specifically Russia and the Balkans, and researches, publishes extensively and lectures on issues of medieval music (Byzantium and the Slavs) and the post-World War II musical developments in Eastern Europe.