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Catalog of Regional
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  • Byzantine Chants
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    South Slavic Chants
  • The East Slavic Chants
  • Georgian Chant
  • Paraliturgical Singing
  • Other Traditions of Related Interest
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Catalog of Regional Chant Systems

INFORMATION – History, Theory, Practice, Notation, etc.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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MUSIC ARCHIVES – Chant Books, Notated Music (Scores) & Audio Archives

Byzantine Chants (including ethnic varieties)
Byzantine-Derived South Slavic Chants
  • INFORMATION – BIBLIOGRAPHY – ONLINE RESOURCES – MUSIC ARCHIVES
    1a. Serbian "Pojanje" (Byzantine) Chant
    1b. Serbian Chant - arranged by Stefan Mokranjac
    2. Croatian "Zhumberak" Chant
    3. Transylvanian Banat (Romanian) Chant
    4. Macedonian Chant
    5. Putna Monastery Chant
    6. Manjava Skete Chant
The East-Slavic Chants
  • EARLY RUSSIAN CHANTS – INFORMATION – BIBLIOGRAPHY – ONLINE RESOURCES – MUSIC ARCHIVES
    • GROUP 1: Old Znamenny Chant – Neumatic Sources
         1a. Znamenny chants from the older "bezpometnye" manuscripts
         1b. Znamenny chants from the "naonnye" manuscripts
         1c. Znamenny chants from the newer "narechnye" manuscripts
    • GROUP 2: New Znamenny Chant – Notated Sources
         2a. Square-note chant books
         2b. Round notes (later and contemporary settings)
         2c. Neumatic chant manuscripts modified to accommodate the reformed texts
    • GROUP 3: Non-Znamenny Chant Systems
         3a. Kievan Chant
         3b. Russian Bulgarian Chant
         3c. Russian Greek Chant
         3d. Demestvenny Chant
         3e. Put' Chant
  • SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIAN CHANTS – INFORMATION – BIBLIOGRAPHY – ONLINE RESOURCES – MUSIC ARCHIVES
    • GROUP 4: Southwestern Russian Chant Sources
         4a. Carpatho-Rusyn "Prostopinije" Chant
         4b. Galician "Samoilka/Samolivka" Chant
         4c. Bukovina Chant
         4d. Local Kievan/Central-Ukrainian Chants
  • MODERN RUSSIAN CHANTS – INFORMATION – BIBLIOGRAPHY – ONLINE RESOURCES – MUSIC ARCHIVES
    • GROUP 5: Regional Monastery & Cathedral Chants
      5A. Northern Sub-Group
         5A-a. Valaam Monastery melodies
         5A-b. Solovetskii Monastery melodies
         5A-c. Moscow Uspenskii Sobor melodies
         5A-d. Krasnogorsk Monastery melodies
         5A-e. Prophet Elias Skete (Mt. Athos) melodies
      5B. Southwestern Sub-Group
         5B-a. Kiev Caves Lavra melodies (separate from the Kievan Chant)
         5B-b. Pochaev Lavra melodies
         5B-c. Glinsk Hermitage melodies
      5C. Central Russian Sub-Group
         5C-a. Optina Hermitage melodies
         5C-b. Seven-Lakes Hermitage melodies
      5D. Urban Sub-Group
         5D-a. St. Petersburg Court Chant
         5D-b. Common ("Obikhod") Chant
Georgian Chant
Paraliturgical Singing
Other Traditions of Related Interest
  • INFORMATION – BIBLIOGRAPHY – ONLINE RESOURCES – MUSIC ARCHIVES
    1. Oriental (Pre-Chalcedonian) Churches
       1a. Armenian Chant
       1b. Coptic Chant
    2. Western European Chant Systems
       2a. Gregorian Roman) Chant
       2b. Mozarabic Chant
       2c. Ambrosian Chant
       2d. Sarum Chant
       2e. Anglican Chant
       2f. Lutheran Chant
    3. Non-Christian Chant Systems
       3a. Jewish Cantillation of the Hebrew Scriptures
       3b. Arabic Maqam Music and Dervish Chant