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Psalti Chrysostom
- Oct 25, 2010
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Absolutely. Let's all go back to Gregorian chants. None of that innovative stuff.
Gregorian chant is innovative! From Wikipedia on Greek chant: The resulting eight modes (octoechos) had been identified with the seven tropes (tropoi) of the Ancient Greek harmonikai, the Pythagorean mathematic discipline of music theory as it had been formulated by the harmonikoi during the Hellenic period. Today, chanters of the Christian Orthodox churches identify with the heritage of Byzantine music whose earliest composers are remembered by name since the 5th century...
Phos Hilaron (O Gladsome Light) - 3rd century hymn sung in Byzantine chant
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