Byzantine chant

E29143

liturgical music tradition modal music monophonic chant sacred music

Byzantine chant is the monophonic, modal liturgical music of the Eastern Orthodox Church and other churches following the Byzantine tradition.

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Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	liturgical music tradition → modal music → monophonic chant → sacred music →
associatedWith	Mount Athos → Patriarchate of Constantinople →
developedFrom	Jewish cantillation traditions → ancient Greek musical theory → early Christian chant →
developedIn	Byzantine Empire →
hasCharacteristic	free rhythmic structure → modal system → monophonic texture → syllabic and melismatic styles → unaccompanied vocal performance → use of micro-ornamentation →
influenced	Georgian chant traditions → Italo-Byzantine chant → Romanian Orthodox chant → Slavic Orthodox chant traditions →
languageOfTexts	Arabic (in some Antiochian traditions) → Church Slavonic (in Slavic traditions) → Koine Greek → Medieval Greek →
liturgicalFunction	accompaniment of liturgical texts → congregational prayer support →
modeType	authentic modes → plagal modes →
notationSystem	Byzantine neumatic notation → Late Byzantine notation → Middle Byzantine notation →
performedBy	cantor (psaltis) → choir →
recognizedBy	UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (Greece) →
reformedBy	Chourmouzios the Archivist → Chrysanthos of Madytos → Gregorios the Protopsaltes →
reformPeriod	early 19th century →
religiousTradition	Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite → Eastern Orthodox Church → Oriental Orthodox Churches using Byzantine rite →
scaleSystem	octoechos (eight-mode system) →
timePeriod	Late Antiquity → Middle Ages →
UNESCOInscriptionYear	2019 (Greece) →
UNESCOStatus	Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity →
usedIn	Byzantine Rite → Divine Liturgy → Hours (Byzantine office) → Orthros → Vespers →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Akathist → Byzantine Rite →	musicalTradition
Paschal Stichera ("Byzantine chant tradition") →	chantTradition
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church →	hasLiturgicalMusicTradition
Ephrem the Syrian ("Byzantine hymnography") →	influenced
Triodion ("Byzantine hymnography") →	influencedBy
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church ("Byzantine chant traditions") →	preserves
Paschal troparion →	relatedConcept
Byzantine poetry ("Byzantine music") →	relatedTo
Paschal Stichera ("Orthodox hymnography") →	textSource
Octoechos →	tradition