Cathedral Rituals and Chanting Practices among the Medieval Orthodox Slavs – Kondakarnoie Pienie

Gregory Myers holds a MLIS degree and a PhD. in historical musicology from the University of British Columbia. An independent scholar, publisher, translator and bibliographer, Myers specializes in the music of Eastern Europe, specifically Russia and the Balkans, and researches, publishes and lectures on issues of medieval music (Byzantium and the Slavs) and the post-World War II musical developments of these countries. Myers has held research fellowships at the Moscow State Conservatory, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library in Washington DC, Ohio State University, the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and recently, the Center for Advanced Study in Sofia, Bulgaria.

• Sigla – Introduction – Brief Historical Overview: Slavia Orthodoxa – Kievan Rus’ – Music The State of Byzantine Music at the End of the 10th Century; Its Slavic Reception – The Mechanics of Kondakarnoie Pienie: The Fostering of a Local Tradition – Liturgical Excurses and Context: The Byzantine – Cathedral Ritual among the Slavs Liturgical Sources: Menaion and Typikon – A Brief Survey – Hymnography – On the Continuing Role of Oral Tradition in Chant Transmission: An Enduring Impediment to the Practical Reconstruction of the Repertory – Liturgical Discourse on the Sung Numbers Performance, Liturgical Placement and Historical Context of the Sung Numbers – Palaeography, Reconstruction and Transcription: An Introduction Methodology; Notational Correlative or Melodic Equivalent? Modality – Musical Excurses and Analyses – The Effectiveness of the Counterpart Transcription Method – Conclusions. – Appendix I: Texts and Translations – Appendix II: Concordance of Chants and Their Incipits – Bibliography – Index of Proper Names – Subject Index.