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A history of Byzantine music and hymnography
Egon Wellesz
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Frontmatter
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ABBREVIATIONS (page xiv)
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INTRODUCTION. A SURVEY OF STUDIES IN BYZANTINE MUSIC AND HYMNOGRAPHY
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I. BYZANTINE MUSIC (page 1)
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II. EARLY WORK ON BYZANTINE MUSIC AND HYMNOGRAPHY (page 2)
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III. J.-B. PITRA AND W. CHRIST (page 5)
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IV. LATER STUDIES IN BYZANTINE HYMNOGRAPHY (page 7)
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V. LATER STUDIES IN BYZANTINE MUSIC (page 11)
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VI. THE DECIPHERING OF THE MUSIC (page 15)
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VII. THE PRESENT STATE OF STUDIES IN BYZANTINE CHANT (page 23)
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I. THE ORIGINS OF BYZANTINE MUSIC
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I. THE ORIENTAL HYPOTHESIS (page 29)
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II. THE COMPOSITE CHARACTER OF BYZANTINE CIVILIZATION (page 31)
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III. THE VOCAL CHARACTER OF BYZANTINE MUSIC (page 32)
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IV. THE LEGACY OF THE SYNAGOGUE (page 35)
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V. CONCLUSION (page 41)
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II. THE SURVIVAL OF GREEK MUSICAL THEORY
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I. THE PRINCIPLES OF GREEK MUSICAL THEORY (page 46)
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II. THE DOCTRINE OF 'ETHOS' IN GREEK MUSICAL THEORY (page 52)
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III. NEOPLATONIC INFLUENCES ON MUSICAL THEORY (page 55)
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IV. THE BYZANTINE CONCEPTION OF MUSIC (page 60)
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V. MUSIC IN TREATISES OF GREEK GNOSTICS AND ALCHEMISTS (page 64)
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III. THE PAGAN BACKGROUND
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I. ABSENCE OF MUSICAL DOCUMENTS (page 78)
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II. THE ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCH TO MUSIC IN PUBLIC LIFE (page 79)
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III. ECCLESIASTICAL EDICTS AGAINST PAGAN MUSIC (page 83)
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IV. THE THEATRE (page 85)
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V. THE PANTOMIME (page 87)
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VI. PAGAN FEASTS (page 89)
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VII. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC (page 91)
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VIII. MUSICA PERNICIOSA AND THE CHRISTIAN IDEAL (page 94)
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IV. MUSIC IN CEREMONIES
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I. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACCLAMATIONS (page 98)
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II. THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC IN THE CEREMONIES (page 102)
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III. THE ORGAN (page 105)
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IV. USE OF THE ACCLAMATIONS (page 109)
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V. FUNCTION OF THE ACCLAMATIONS (page 112)
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VI. THE MUSIC OF THE ACCLAMATIONS (page 114)
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V. BYZANTINE LITURGY
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I. THE LITURGIES OF ST. BASIL AND OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM AND THE LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED (page 123)
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II. THE COMMUNITY AND THE SERVICE (page 124)
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III. THE OFFICE (page 125)
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IV. THE LITURGICAL BOOKS (page 129)
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VI. EARLY CHRISTIAN HYMNS
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I. THE PAGAN AND JEWISH BACKGROUND (page 146)
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II. SYNESIUS (page 148)
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III. THE CHRISTIAN HYMN WITH MUSIC (page 152)
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VII. ORTHODOX THEOLOGY AND BYZANTINE HYMNOGRAPHY
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I. THE CHARACTER OF BYZANTINE HYMNS (page 157)
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II. THE ORTHODOX CHURCH (page 159)
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VIII. THE POETICAL FORMS: (I) TROPARION AND KONTAKION
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I. TROPARION (page 171)
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II. KONTAKION (page 179)
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IX. THE POETICAL FORMS: (II) KANON
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I. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT (page 198)
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II. THE STRUCTURE OF THE KANON (page 206)
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III. THE LATER DEVELOPMENT OF HYMN-WRITING (page 229)
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IV. MINOR BYZANTINE HYMNOGRAPHY (page 239)
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X. BYZANTINE MUSICAL NOTATION I
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I. THE TWO SYSTEMS: ECPHONETIC SIGNS AND NEUMES (page 246)
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II. ECPHONETIC NOTATION (page 249)
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XI. BYZANTINE MUSICAL NOTATION II: THE NEUMES
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I. THE THREE PHASES OF NEUMATIC NOTATION (page 261)
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II. EARLY BYZANTINE NOTATION (page 271)
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III. THE SYSTEM OF MIDDLE AND LATE BYZANTINE NEUMATIC NOTATION (page 284)
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IV. THE INTERVAL SIGNS (page 287)
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V. THE 'GREAT HYPOSTASES' (page 294)
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VI. THE MODES (page 300)
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VII. THE INTONATION FORMULAE (page 303)
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VIII. THE MODULATION SIGNS (page 309)
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XII. THE TRANSCRIPTION OF BYZANTINE MELODIES (page 312)
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XIII. THE STRUCTURE OF BYZANTINE MELODIES
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I. HIRMI AND STICHERA (page 325)
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II. MELISMATIC CHANT (page 329)
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III. PSALMODY (page 341)
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XIV. WORDS AND MUSIC (page 348)
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EXCURSES (page 363)
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APPENDIX I. HYMNS FROM THE HIRMOLOGION (page 371)
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APPENDIX II. HYMNS FROM THE STICHERARION (page 385)
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APPENDIX III. MELISMATIC CHANT (page 401)
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APPENDIX IV. TABLE OF INTONATION FORMULAE AND INCIPITS OF APPENDED STICHERA (page 411)
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APPENDIX V. TABLES OF FORMULAE OF HIRMI IN THE FIRST MODE (page 417)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 428)
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LIST OF HYMNOGRAPHERS FROM THE FIFTH TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURIES (page 442)
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LIST OF HYMNS. TROPARIA, HIRMI, KONTAKIA (page 445)
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CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY (page 447)
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INDEX (page 449)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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SP | 37.3 (July 1962): 467-469 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0038-7134%28196207%2937%3A3%3C467%3AAHOBMA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L |
BSOAS | 25.1/3 (1962): 409-410 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0041-977X%281962%2925%3A1%2F3%3C409%3ATSBTIO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C |
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Published: 1961
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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