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Middle Byzantine notation (D): Gestures, Major signs, Positions
Authors: Alexandrou, Maria
Reviewer: Makris, Efstathios
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Abstract:
The Art of Gesture in Byzantium Historical Overview: Iconographic sources: Ancient Egypt, Byzantium, the West. Musical manuscripts: Kastoria 8, EBE 2458. Gesture and contemporary chanting tradition. Music-theoretical sources: gesture, great signs, and positions. Systematizations: List of great signs. Exemplary presentation of the parakalesma (invocation): graphic forms, theoretical descriptions, positions in Middle Byzantine and Neo-Byzantine notation. Role of great signs (semantic categories). Exercise 22: The Mega Ison of St. John Koukouzelis.
Linguistic Editors: Klada, Nektaria
Technical Editors: Karakostas, Anastasios
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 01-04-2017
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/6497
Bibliographic Reference: Alexandrou, M. (2017). Middle Byzantine notation (D): Gestures, Major signs, Positions [Chapter]. In Alexandrou, M. 2017. Paleography of Byzantine Music [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/6497
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Paleography of Byzantine Music