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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Byzantine chant canonical 14
Byzantine hymnography 3
Byzantine chant tradition 2

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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Byzantine neumatic notation ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodox Churches using Byzantine rite ⓘ
scaleSystem Octoechos ⓘ
surface form: 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 of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
surface form: Divine Liturgy

Horologion ⓘ
surface form: Hours (Byzantine office)

Orthros ⓘ
Vespers ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine Rite → musicalTradition → Byzantine chant ⓘ
Triodion → influencedBy → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine hymnography
Octoechos → tradition → Byzantine chant ⓘ
Akathist → musicalTradition → Byzantine chant ⓘ
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church → preserves → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine chant traditions
Byzantine poetry → relatedTo → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine music
Ephrem the Syrian → influenced → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine hymnography
Paschal troparion → relatedConcept → Byzantine chant ⓘ
Paschal Stichera → chantTradition → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine chant tradition
Paschal Stichera → textSource → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orthodox hymnography
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church → hasLiturgicalMusicTradition → Byzantine chant ⓘ
Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord → usedIn → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox hymnography
Paraklesis to the Theotokos → associatedWith → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orthodox hymnography
Paraklesis to the Theotokos → musicalTradition → Byzantine chant ⓘ
Small Paraklesis → musicalTradition → Byzantine chant ⓘ
Gregorios the Protopsaltes → mainWorkField → Byzantine chant ⓘ
Byzantine neumatic notation → associatedWith → Byzantine chant ⓘ
Oktoechos → usedIn → Byzantine chant ⓘ
Parakletike → influencedBy → Byzantine chant ⓘ
troparia → associatedWith → Byzantine chant ⓘ
Chrysanthos of Madytos → theoryFocus → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine modes (echoi)
Kassia → genre → Byzantine chant ⓘ
Theodore Studites → influenced → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine hymnography
Entrance Hymn (Eisodikon) → musicalTradition → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine chant tradition
John Tavener → influencedBy → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox chant
John Tavener → influencedBy → Byzantine chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine music
Christ is Risen → musicalTradition → Byzantine chant ⓘ