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Obikhod. The Obikhod (Обиход церковного пения) is a collection of polyphonic Russian Orthodox liturgical chants forming a major tradition of Russian liturgical music; it includes both liturgical texts and psalm settings. The original Obikhod, the book of rites of the monastery of Volokolamsk, was composed about 1575.
Znamenny Chant is a unison, melismaticliturgicalsinging that has its own specific notation, called the stolpnotation. The symbols used in the stolpnotation are called kryuki(‹See Tfd›Russian: крюки, 'hooks') or znamëna(‹See Tfd›Russian: знамёна, 'signs'). Often the names of the signs are used to refer to the stolpnotation.
Ukraine. Belarus. Soviet Union. v. t. e. Russian Liturgical Music is the musical tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church. This tradition began with the importation of the Byzantine Empire's religious music when the Kievan Rus' converted to Orthodoxy in 988. [1]
Tchaikovsky, known primarily for his symphonies, concertos and ballets, was deeply interested in the music and liturgy of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1875, he compiled A Concise Textbook of Harmony Intended to Facilitate the Reading of Sacred Musical Works in Russia. [3] In an 1877 letter to his friend and patroness Nadezhda von Meck, he wrote:
Kievan chant, or chant in Kyivan style (Russian: Киевский распев, romanized: Kievskiy raspev; Ukrainian: Київський розспів, romanized: Kyïvs'kyy rozspiv), is one of the liturgical chants common to the Russian Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and those churches that have their roots in the Moscow Patriarchate, such as the Orthodox Church in America.
Russia was a late starter in developing a native tradition of classical music due to its geographic remoteness from Western Europe and the proscription by the Orthodox Church against secular music. [6] Beginning in the reign of Ivan IV, the Imperial Court invited Western composers and musicians to fill this void.
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31 (Russian: Литургия Иоанна Златоуста), is a 1910 musical work by Sergei Rachmaninoff, one of his two major unaccompanied choral works (the other being his All-Night Vigil). The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the primary worship service of the Eastern Orthodox Church. [1]
The Russian Easter Festival Overture is mainly in sonata allegro form, with a lengthy introduction at the beginning. Throughout the piece, there are a number of prominent solo sections, featuring violin, cello, trombone, clarinet, and flute. The opening section is written in 5. 2 time, and is one of the more famous works for orchestra in ...