Μια άγνωστη μελωδία για το "άναρχος Θεός" σε αγιορείτικο ειρμολόγιο του 1698
Part of : Δελτίο Κέντρου Μικρασιατικών Σπουδών ; Vol.10, 1993, pages 23-36
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23-36
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A 17th century non-liturgical christmas song from Mount Athos
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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.
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