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Links for 2009-08-13 [del.icio.us]

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PDT

AmbientMusicGuide.com - A Guide To Essential Ambient & Downtempo Albums
Magnatune: license music and MP3 download
Independent music to listen, download or license
HTC: Some differences between Greek and Russian divine services and their significance
By Basil Krivoshein, Archbishop of Brussels and Belgium (1975)

Links for 2009-04-06 [del.icio.us]

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Sacred Sites at Sacred Destinations - Explore sacred sites, religious sites, sacred places
Founded in 2005, Sacred Destinations is an ecumenical guide to more than 1,250 sacred sites, holy places, pilgrimage destinations, religious buildings and sacred artworks in 61 countries around the world. In addition to fully illustrated articles, there are photo galleries containing over 24,000 high-quality images plus detailed maps and lots of practical travel information. It is a big project that is being expanded almost daily. Happy exploring!

Links for 2009-03-17 [del.icio.us]

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PDT

QUB Schools | British Academy Evergetis Project
THE BRITISH ACADEMY The Evergetis Project: The monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis and eleventh-century monasticism

Links for 2009-03-14 [del.icio.us]

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Panoramik (360 Derece) - Istanbul - Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy Church Virtual Tour
Concept is a highlighted project. It aims to make awareness on global level within the strategy of highlight the multi-cultural structure of Istanbul. In this context Synagogues, Churches and Mosques will be evaluated within this project. Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy is finished as one the most important parts. This project offers a comfortable 3D tour in Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy.

Links for 2009-01-14 [del.icio.us]

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

E-laborate: Carolingian Scholarship
This website contains the edition of the oldest gloss-tradition on Martianus Capella's De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, based on the ninth-century manuscript Leiden, UB, Vossianus Latinus Folio 48. The photos and edition of text and gloss material of this manuscript are found in the folder Manuscript photos and edition.

Links for 2009-01-02 [del.icio.us]

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

Trikkis Melodoi - Official Website
The Choir of Chanters Trikkis Melodoi was established in 2004 by Demetrios Balageorgos, lecturer of the Department of Music Studies in the National University of Athens, and as main goals and objectives has the systematic study, pure tradition and promotion of the Psaltic Art, the presentation of the works of byzantine and post-byzantine composers and the chanting of entire divine services during time of worship.

Links for 2008-12-12 [del.icio.us]

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PST

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Belgrade theological student choir on tour in America

kt — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:07:16 +0000

It has been over twenty years since the Student Choir of the Theological University of Belgrade has visited the United States.

Remarks of Michael and Mary Jaharis Upon Receiving Honorary Degrees from Hellenic College-Holy Cross – Announcement of Five Million Dollar Gift to School

kt — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:29:53 +0000

Brookline MA: Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology on Saturday, May 17, 2008 Thank you: Your Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Your Eminence Metropolitan Maximos Your Eminence Metropolitan Methodios Your Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos Your Grace Bishop Ilia [...]

K. A. Psachos Digital Music Library now online!

kt — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:02:54 +0000

K. A. Psachos was an important Byzantine Musicologist of last century. Together with people like Simon Karas, their scholarship and field-work serve as the link for all of us today that kept alive the true interpretation and understanding of the history and development of Byzantine chant notation. The K. A. Psachos Music Library Collection has [...]

Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Lincoln, Nebraska Byzantine Chant on NPR

kt — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:26:39 +0000

A snip from the Lincoln, NE Public Radio Station previewing a “Easter in Byzantium” program to be at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Lincoln. Click here to listen.

Byzantine Musicologist Milos Velimirovic falls asleep in the Lord

kt — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:01:31 +0000

19 April 2008: Bridgewater, Virginia, USA. The eminent Byzantine Musicologist Milos Velimirovic fell asleep in the Lord unexpectedly, as relayed by Mish’s step-daughter’s husband, Carl Bowman. Born on 10 December 1922 in Belgrade, Serbia, he graduated from the University of Belgrade, as well as the music academy. In 1957 he received his PhD from Harvard University, [...]

Byzantine music in contemporary Jazz

kt — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:33:17 +0000

Pianist Jason Lindner has a bassist from Greece, Panagiotis Andreou, who does a Byzantine chant-scat in their song “Pretty Three”. The ending of the song includes a clear Byzantine katalyxis, vocalized on his bass guitar. It is interesting. Take a listen if you’re so inclined. NPR Music: Jason Lindner: The Sound of ‘Now’ [...]

AMS RSS feeds in musicology

kt — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:14:48 +0000

The AMS now provides four separate RSS feeds in musicology. They include: New books in musicology Musicology in the news What’s happening at the AMS office AMS-Announce via RSS feed [google] [yahoo]

3 CDs of Traditional and Liturgical Georgian Music:

kt — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:11:59 +0000

Orrologion: Georgian music has a haunting, piercing sound. Its liturgical music offers an Orthodox musical tradition that escapes the polarity between Byzantine chant as preserved in the Greek tradition, the traditional Znamenny chant of Russia and various ‘westernized’ forms of relatively recent introduction into Orthodoxy (e.g., Obikhod). Georgian liturgical music is, fascintingly, trinitarian in its [...]

FYI: AMS travel awards

kt — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:37:04 +0000

American Musicological Society travel awards the M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet fund for travel and research in France the Harold Powers world travel fund the Eugene K. Wolf travel fund for research in Europe The deadline for applications is 3 March 2008; details at the AMS web site.

Archbishop Hieronymos refers to the importance of our Byzantine psaltic and hymnographic spiritual heritage

kt — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:13:10 +0000

Athens: 16 February 2008; Metropolitan Church of Athens, Greece. This past Saturday the new Archbishop of Athens and All Greece was enthroned by the Hierarchy of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece in the Metropolitan Church of Athens, dedicated to the Annunciation of the Theotokos. As is normal for such events, it was [...]