<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Byzantine Music was created within the liturgical life of Orthodoxy and has been developed accordingly in the Eastern Church Worship. Together with the hymnography the Byzantine Music in Orthodoxy has from the beginning taken a central place, especially since there is absolutely no orthodox worship without psalmodic accompaniment. It is one of the most notable achievements in the Byzantine era, for which in the last decades also in Western Europe a great interest is awakened.</p></abstract>

The Byzantine Music was created within the liturgical life of Orthodoxy and has been developed accordingly in the Eastern Church Worship. Together with the hymnography the Byzantine Music in Orthodoxy has from the beginning taken a central place, especially since there is absolutely no orthodox worship without psalmodic accompaniment. It is one of the most notable achievements in the Byzantine era, for which in the last decades also in Western Europe a great interest is awakened.

The Orthodox Church Music as a Significant Heritage of Byzantium and its Modern Reception in the West: The Case of the ‘Byzantinischer Kantorenchor München’

Konstantin.Nikolakopoulos@orththeol.uni-muenchen.de

Konstantin Nikolakopoulos, Dr., Univ.-Professor für Biblische Theologie an der Ausbildungseinrichtung für Orthodoxe Theologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Deutschland), Ludwigstr. 29, D-80539 München

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Die orthodoxe Kirchenmusik als ein bedeutendes Erbe von Byzanz und ihre moderne Rezeption im Westen am Beispiel des „Byzantinischen Kantorenchores München“

The Byzantine Music was created within the liturgical life of Orthodoxy and has been developed accordingly in the Eastern Church Worship. Together with the...

The Orthodox Church Music as a Significant Heritage of Byzantium and its Modern Reception in the West: The Case of the ‘Byzantinischer Kantorenchor München’

Published Online: Jan 06, 2016

Page range: 447 - 459

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2015-0033

Keywords
Byzantine music, Orthodox worship, Hymnography, vocal music, Gregorian music, ecumenism, hymns, church modes, Ison, instrumental music free

© 2015 Konstantin Nikolakopoulos, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Orthodox Church Music as a Significant Heritage of Byzantium and its Modern Reception in the West: The Case of the ‘Byzantinischer Kantorenchor München’

Published Online: Jan 06, 2016

Page range: 447 - 459

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2015-0033

KeywordsByzantine music, Orthodox worship, Hymnography, vocal music, Gregorian music, ecumenism, hymns, church modes, Ison, instrumental music free

© 2015 Konstantin Nikolakopoulos, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Byzantine music, Orthodox worship, Hymnography, vocal music, Gregorian music, ecumenism, hymns, church modes, Ison, instrumental music free