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A 17th century non-liturgical christmas song from Mount Athos

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Μια άγνωστη μελωδία για το "άναρχος Θεός" σε αγιορείτικο ειρμολόγιο του 1698 (EL)
A 17th century non-liturgical christmas song from Mount Athos (EN)
Δραγούμης, Μάρκος Φ.
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1993-01-01
The place held bynon-liturgical music in manuscripts of the Byzantine andpost Byzantine periods is negligible, since up to the mid-nineteenth centurybyzantine notation was employed almost exclusively for liturgical purposes^Cod. Zakynthos 8 written by a Greek monk from Mount Athos in 1698 seemsto be an ordinary Hirmologion. But it is exceptional, as it contains a fewmelodies intended for use outside the church. One of these is a Christmas songbased on a text with an alphabetic acrostic starting with the words «ΆναρχοςΘεός». The remaining eight examples in the secular section of the manuscriptuse Turkish texts written with letters of the Greek alphabet. A photographic reproduction of the «’Άναρχος Θεός» was first published by Hatziyakoumis in1980. But he did not supply a clear rendering of the text and a transcription ofthe melody into modern notation. Besides filling up this gap the present paperoffers a musical and textual analysis of the song and compares it to carols withsimilar texts from Cappadocia and the Pontos, which were handed down to usby oral tradition. (EN)
Δελτίο Κέντρου Μικρασιατικών Σπουδών
Greek
Κέντρο Μικρασιατικών Σπουδών - Centre for Asia Minor Studies (EL)
1105-0322
2459-2579
Δελτίο Κέντρου Μικρασιατικών Σπουδών; Τόμ. 10 (1993); 23-36 (EL)
Bulletin of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies; Vol. 10 (1993); 23-36 (EN)
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