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Coptic music is the music sung and played in the Coptic Orthodox Church (Church of Egypt) and the Coptic Catholic Church. It consists mainly of chanted hymns in rhythm with instruments such as cymbals (hand and large size) and the triangle .
Mikhail Girgis El Batanouny (Coptic: ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲣⲉⲙⲡⲁⲑⲁⲛⲟⲛ Mikhail Georgios Phrembatanon; also titled Mu'allim, which is Arabic for "teacher"; 14 September 1873 – 18 April 1957) was an Egyptian expert in Coptic music, and knowledgeable in church rites, in addition to being skilled in the languages of Coptic and Arabic.
Tasbeha (a transliteration of the Arabic word for "praise") is the Midnight Praise of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Praise consists of various canticles directly from the Holy Bible, known in the Coptic language as a "Hoos", as well as other praises that vary by day of the week. As its name suggests, the Midnight Praise typically happens late ...
The Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, romanized: Ti-eklisia en-remenkimi en-orthodhoxos, lit. 'the Egyptian Orthodox Church'), also known as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria , is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt .
The Coptic Catholic Church [a] is an Eastern Catholic particular Church in full communion with the Catholic Church. Along with the Ethiopian Catholic Church and Eritrean Catholic Church , it belongs to the Alexandrian liturgical tradition.
Originally, the hymn had no original or unique tone of its own, with each of its verses being sung in a tone recycled from one of the other hymns of the church. In the 20th century, Cantor Mikhail Girgis El Batanouny musically arranged the hymn to the tone of "Salam Affandina", which had been the Egyptian national anthem at the time.
According to this hypothesis, the hymn was first used in the Church of Alexandria but was distributed by Athanasius to all the churches of the world. It is still currently used as a mournful hymn during the service of Great Friday in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria , with its length exceeding 10 minutes due to its long and deep ...
Psalm 13 has parallels with Qulasta prayer 24 and hymns 2, 22, and 41 in Book 3 of the Left Ginza. Coptic passage 220 (i.e., Psalm 13) is similar to Qulasta prayer 155, which is the first Saturday rahma (devotional) prayers.