Byzantine chant

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Byzantine chant · In Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, a church chant of its own in Greek grew up from the sixth century. Romanos the Melodist, who came from Syria, wrote long sung sermons in stanzas there, called kontakia. Later the melodies were arranged into eight modes, the oktoechos. Instruments do not take part; in the Greek Orthodox Church, where this chant lives on, singers hold a low note beneath the melody, the ison.

Listening

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  Kontakion: De Maagd brengt heden voort (Romanos) · Lycourgos Angelopoulos & Grieks Byzantijns Koor, 530
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  Asmatikon Cherubic Hymn · Cappella Romana & Alexander Lingas, 574
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  Lord, the Woman Found in Many Sins (Kassia) · Cappella Romana & Alexander Lingas, 850

See also

• Lycourgos Angelopoulos & Grieks Byzantijns Koor
• Cappella Romana & Alexander Lingas
• Romanos de Melode
• Psalms and temple chant
• Ancient Greece
• Gregorian chant
• Ottoman classical music
• Georgian polyphony
• Znamenny chant
• Armenian duduk