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The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Serbian: Božanstvena Liturgija Svetog Jovana Zlatoustog) is a work by the prominent Serbian composer Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac (1856–1914), composed in 1895. It is one of the most famous and most popular compositions of the Divine Liturgy in Serbian art and is officially recognized as part of the ...
Born in 1856, Mokranjac taught music, collected Serbian traditional songs and did the first scholarly research on Serbian music. He was also the director of the first Serbian music school and one of the founders of the Union of Singing Societies. His most famous works are the Song Wreaths, also known as Garlands.
The following is a list of people born in Serbia or of Serbian nationality who have worked or currently work in the music tradition. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Early in his career, Mokranjac recorded Serbian Orthodox church chants in staff notation. A gifted composer, [5] he first published a book of church melodies in 1908, titled Octoechoes [7] or "Eight Tones" (Serbian: Osmoglasnik). Published in Belgrade, it became the basic textbook for students in Serbian Orthodox seminaries following World War ...
Isaiah the Serb (Serbian: Исаија Србин/Isaija Srbin) was a Serbian Orthodox hieromonk and composer of chants who flourished in the second half of the 15th century. Along with Kir Joakim , Kir Stefan the Serb , Nikola the Serb he faithfully followed Byzantine musical tradition , writing in the late kalophonic style of the 14th and ...
Vidovdan is one of the most important religious holidays of the Serbs, Serbian Orthodox Church and Serbia, as it is of great a historical importance because of the Battle of Kosovo which was fought between Medieval Serbia and the invading Ottoman Empire on June 28, 1389. The lyrics refer to the battle and Serbs of Kosovo.
The First Belgrade Choir Society is an exclusive Royal Choir established on 14 January 1853 by Milan Milovuk, author of Serbia's first music theory textbooks. [3] Since its inception the choir has performed at every coronation ceremony of a Serbian ruler, for the patriarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church and in front of many European rulers.
In his church works, Marinković was inspired by Serbian Church chanting (Liturgy, for mixed choir) and influences of Russian Church music (Opelo (Orthodox Requiem), O, Heavenly King (Carju nebesni), Angel vopijaše, etc.). Marinković often reworked his pieces, thus they exist in several versions.