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Byzantine Chant: Transcription Challenges by Damian Dimitrov is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses the history and origins of Byzantine chant, including its Jewish influences and development over time. It notes issues that arise when transcribing Byzantine chant into Western notation, as the notation bears little resemblance and employs different scales. Scholars have assumed Byzantine chant was similar to Western music, but this fails to account for performance conventions of the living tradition.
- Author
- Damian Dimitrov
- Language
- EN