Description

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This book focuses on the compilation of the different practices of Eastern Orthodox Chant, looking at the subject through various languages, practices, and liturgical books and letters. The subject of this book is also analysed through newly found, unique material, to provide the entire history of Eastern Orthodox Chant, from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries and approached through a number of different disciplines.

The book consists of sixteen topics, grouped in four parts: Studies on Genre, Studies on Liturgical Books, Studies on Distinguished Men of Letters, and Studies on Bulgarian Orthodox Church Chant. The aim of the book is to present the Eastern chant as a phase in the evolution of Mediterranean art, which is the cradle of Graeco-Roman heritage. This complex study brings in a variety of sources to show the purpose of Eastern Orthodox Chant as strengthening the Christian faith during the Middle Ages and the revival of Balkan nationalism in the nineteenth century.

This book will appeal to students and scholars alike, interested in liturgical musical books, liturgy, and chant repertory. Likewise, it will be of interest to those engaged in medieval and early modern history, music, and culture.

About the Author

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Svetlana Kujumdzieva, Dr. of Sciences, is Professor of Medieval Music at the National Musical Academy "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" and Theological Faculty of the Sofia State University "St. Clement of Ohrid"; academician at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She has published 12 monographs and more than 150 articles in Bulgaria, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, USA, etc. Kujumdzieva was an associate member of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, St. John's College, Oxford, GB, etc. She is a member of many national and international scientific organizations.