Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Byzantine Books
Byzantine Books
Contents:
I. Music Books in Greek .............................................................................. 1
II. Books about Byzantine Music (in Greek) .......................................... 24
III. Books about Byzantine Music (in English) ...................................... 46
IV. Contact Information for Bookstores.................................................. 52
Last updated:
March 23, 2006
Title
Author
Year
Pages
183
2004
409
..
2001
404
2001
381
2002
344
2003
644
2004
343
2004
373
Price
(Euros)
Bookstores
(contacts
at end)
IBM
20,90
20,90
20,90
20,90
20,90
20,90
20,90
20,90
20,90
20,90
23,40
e-shop.gr
17,61
Comments
1934
405
31,35
1975
224
10,27
1906
827
30
30,52
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1906
1906
427
400
19
19
.
.
1:
..
1987
397
35
2:
1991
382
35
3:
4:
1993
1992
428
432
35
35
5:
1994
238
35
6:
1998
424
35
7:
1995
386
35
8:
1996
260
35
9:
1997
10:
()
1959
1997
1971
1988
1994
2004
( - )
2004
125
1986
225
2002
484
308
35
320
35
12,43
10,45
20
30
103
Holy Cross
-
on 42 audio CDs, or on 5 P3 CDs,
or on 1 P3 DVD
1820
276
1905
recordings on CD or
DVD of the melody
and parallagi for the
previous book
21,84
20,54
612
20
610
20
an older version
(
)
35,00
an edited reprint of
Pringos' original.
Comes with 2 CD's
10,27
1997
27,60
1853
has melodies by
Manuel Protopsaltis
and Pentaphonos
Varys by George Kres
1868
347
31,20
1869
449
31,20
Anastasimatarion:Resurrectional Hymnal
Great Vespers of Saturday Evening Byzantine Music in Greek and English
2004
133
$20
Holy Cross
8,11
248
.
. .
2001
1905
215
14
various new
compositions
()
1820
520
24
1861
303
22
1988
1973
: ,
,
14,67
17,62
14,04
1992
588
.
greekbooks
41,09
22
16,38
17,61
1991
16,14
17,94
1844
260
444
350
25
handwritten
elaborate melodies by
the last master of the
old Byz. notation
has condensed
classical lines that can
be chanted quickly
(2 )
1836
1899
. .
1882
. .
1882
: +
376 +
430
17,50 +
17,50
30
752
22,50
25
414
22,50
25
32,28
41,09
1859
18,48
1821
20,80
1857
22
, +
1906
30
20,54
396
:
:
1906
1906
1997
2004
1859
1997
1903
( )
358
596
19
21
.
.
27,60
180
. .
13,75
496
19,50
1903
496
20
2002
503
a complete version of
the heirmologion in
three volumes
1835
17,68
has exquisite
melismatic lines and
traditional kratimas
1825
26,13
17,61
1995
80
14,70
1998
79
22
1955
25
1896
430
22
17,61
1990
357
1972
399
14,67
:
1989
405
16,14
10
2001
285
+ :
2001
594
1989
543
19,08
1991
394
17,61
, :
. .
1981
35,22
32,28
35
14,67
368
1939
1961
230
11
156
.
.
1988
1990
17
35,22
35,22
2004
335
30
2005
240
25
( )
2003
160
25
1980
17,99
1935
280
2003
413
18,81
1909
220
17,77
1990
288
.. .
1998
358
18,48
615
12
very simple
29,35
24
18,97
21
.
.
.
534
32
32
1912
1986
1884
444
1884
456
1992
301
12,21
8,32
a collection of pieces
for various services
1992
224
.. .
1997
13,75
1996
20,54
22
( )
many contemporary
chanters use this book
(same as previous but
has a fancier cover)
13
1883
464
1883
316
1883
256
A - -
2004
480
B - - .
2004
350
- . - .
2004
500
.
.
.
1850
:
:
:
:
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:
19,50
15,85
18
14,67
17,50
14,09
30,15
27
30,15
22,50
30,15
27
e-shop.gr
e-shop.gr
e-shop.gr
413
25
1851
856
30
1851
544
23,50
1851
906
35
1909
1909
1909
278
408
544
17,00
18,50
20,50
.
.
.
14
a classic anthology of
music for Vespers
a classic anthology of
music for Orthros
contains very slow
melodies useful only
for special occasions
a classic anthology of
music for the liturgy
a classic anthology
a classic anthology
a classic anthology
1975
1951
1904
495
1959
186
1884
1979
71
1978
379
:
:
15
288
584
21
17,61
10
28
. .
contains slow
prosomoia for vigils
has simplistic papadic
melodies
50
13
45
45
: -
: - -
: -
:
27,88
27,88
27,88
27,88
18
2003
1993
19,31
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
18,10
18,10
18,10
14,67
18,10
18,10
18,10
18,10
1931
2003
-
-
-
-
-
16
145
573
10
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25
:
:
2003
35
1931
1931
1935
1973
441
891
495
1: -
1994
109
2:
1994
260
3:
1997
404
4:
1995
363
5: -
( - )
1997
444
6: -
( - )
1995
363
17
10
8,80
$22
10
8,80
$22
12
11,74
$30
12
11,74
$30
12
11,74
$30
12
11,74
$28
Holy Cross
Holy Cross
Holy Cross
Holy Cross
Holy Cross
Holy Cross
worse than
worse than
7:
1983
332
8:
1996
128
12,06
11
10,27
$26
11,06
10
$22
Holy Cross
Holy Cross
14,67
worse than
worse than
. /
2005
580
34,83
1969
347
29,35
1969
17,61
..
( .)
1999
30 soft
40 hard
.. . .
1921
: -
:
:
:
19,08
19,08
19,08
19,08
19,08
modern compositions
1955
18
523
480
1955
350
:
:
1982
307
1993
:
-
19,08
7,34
188
10
11,74
2002
315
25
1933
788
40
1967
252
1998
1895
1906
19
882
.
32,05
30
31,25
popular amongst
contemporary
chanters
modern compositions
popular amongst
contemporary
chanters
has music omitted in
volumes A and B
for funerals
out of print
has classic
compositions for
various services
2000
1995
1974
-
,
2001
294
1999
85
..
( )
1997
424
1989
336
..
23,50
426
18
.. .
484
16,14
41,09
24,44
23,50
. .
44,02
.. .
370
20
1999
562
58
1992
578
58
1973
1974
1952
212
25
20,54
1969
188
25
1969
348
1997
1997
11,03
11,03
1886
20
16,48
.
.
21
256
analytic transcriptions
from recordings of
Patriarchal chanters
analytic transcriptions
from recordings of
Patriarchal chanters
a collection of music
by Pringos and others
a collection of music
by Pringos and others
in the brief style of the
oral tradition of the
Ecumen. Patriarchate
considered by some to
be the best Holy Week
book for its brief
Patriarchal style
1984
351
1990
1990
1990
1990
1990
1990
1990
1990
1990
224
1897
320
17
1976
468
17,61
1831
300
20
16,26
.
.
1820
21,84
38,15
22
246
254
219
246
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B, ,
B, ,
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, ,
1869
304
14,70
364
25
25
25
25
1869
588
a thorough
compilation of classics
contains music not in
previous book
a thorough
compilation of classics
contains new music
not in previous book
classics for the liturgy
1869
647
25
: +
1845
612
30
33,44
1994
92
.. .
2000
125
. .
1931
23
41,09
31,20
classic compositions
for Vespers, Orthros,
and Liturgy
1994
:
:
:
1978
1978
1978
1900
1995
35,22
26,41
168
13
14,63
40
656
30,16
220
861
1052
Author
Year
Pages
Price
(Euros)
2000
291
15,98
Bookstores
(contacts
at end)
.
2003
1979
288
14,98
1960
1971
(1566-1669)
2004
812
1977
120
1994
25
Comments
2002
1993
1990
1989
1992
.
(1820-1899)
1998
(. , , )
26
368
30
144
about ecclesiastical
music in general
1,37
58
5,62
6,27
5,64
300
27,71
19,22
31,20
.
greekbooks
1956
19,31
1992
19,66
1997
1989
16,65
8,87
7,82
20
18,72
20,90
19,22
.
.
23
21,53
24,04
18
16,85
.
.
.
.
18,31
14,04
:
,
:
,
1820
335
216
456
426
27
1902
196
1940
285
1965
1970
1897
1996
2000
128
1977
328
1993
28
22,61
8,87
10,68
9,23
out of print
1991
1893
1994
1956
.
(
)
29
376
27,71
1821
1832
20,80
19,08
16,85
greekbooks
2003
12,66
: 1820-1910
1997
44
1985
157
1990
163
5,62
1998
1996
222
17,61
22
1978
154
14,98
1840
120
518
30
10
14,67
7,39
8,36
discusses the
attractions of notes in
Byzantine scales
1843
85
6,27
2003
232
9,61
1851
1958
128
9,50
1855
264
15
1859
1969
1998
1988
170
14,04
6,08
6,46
5,96
2003
256
22
31
2001
248
18
18,81
1947
368
10
1998
285
20
2002
310
,
.
1970
168
2003
430
25
22,61
1995
61
2,22
1967
Paul Landormy
1979
32
discusses various
contemporary issues
a musico-ethical study
1985
1904
1992
1819
1881
1980
1875
1842
33
17
15,30
the history of
Byzantine and postByz. music (nearly
identical to his first
book )
97
12
free
Dikephalos
2001
1993
1996
1868
1876
1868
1972
. .
1881
2002
( )
1993
2003
34
190
10,85
17,61
201
10,30
9,66
28
3,12
discusses music in
general
246
20
10
20
142
comes with a CD
1904
:
:
2002
2004
1936
,
-
-
, :
, :
, :
, :
119
220
14
18
.
.
1982
360
1982
299
1996
1996
1984
130
145
308
31,82
35,39
31,82
35,39
15,85
15,85
31,70
.
.
.
1984
361
31,70
1985
353
31,70
1985
399
31,70
1991
53
35
1996
1958
1968
CD
1947
( , )
1999
1997
18,81
(1453-1832)
1975
21,28
36
295
20
44
7,50
5 euros
each
20,71
2002
80
20
for Lent
20,71
132
34,90
19,66
12 days of Christmas
1917
,
,
. .
()
1929
1983
, 17 18:
1998
37
88
5,90
a scientific analysis of
the Byz. music scales
his comments on
chanters of the 19th
and 20th centuries
( - - )
2005
2004
1963
1902
1894
()
1985
1941
, , ...
-
-
88
19,40
200
20
1997
120
19,18
17,94
1999
109
1999
85
38
8,06
(
)
1-2
1978
2000
187
21,46
2001
206
31,35
31,35
1917
30,52
29,35
28,08
1875
1908
1984
3-4
5-6
2001
39
255
204
A collection of articles
and musicological
papers written in the
early 20th century by
Violakis, Psachos,
Papadopoulos, etc.
research on the old
notation of Byzantine
music
2003
2004
(17 - 20 )
.
.
1998
:
1: . , ,
2: . , ,
37,62
447
30
320
416
360
20
18,81
20
18,09
20
.
.
.
.
.
31
3,05
2,77
190
30
a simplistic learning
tool that comes with
two tapes
available from:
http://www.nmsis.
com/frc/KB/kb.htm
1999
102
5,49
3 tapes available
separately
1909
73
10
discusses rhythm
1978
40
1993
1996
1984
1888
1890
1938
1997
1982
41
8,65
6,87
8,65
.
e-shop.gr
4,12
e-shop.gr
6,24
592
36,40
32,92
an overview of the
history of Byzantine
and post-Byz. music
245
25
. .
an excellent aid to
interpreting music
written in modern
Byzantine notation
242
, 4-11 1981
1979
2003
2002
1819
2005
128
( )
"
"
2001
928
1956
1997
42
128
15
11,80
14,56
13,17
comes with a CD
SMS
50
18,81
1981
1990
1980
2003
1981
" "
1992
128
1975
1993
43
728
928
996
10,66
60,29
1,85
also available in
English as: "Meetings
with Kontoglou"
134,86
67,50
70,54
catalogue of MSS of
Byzantine music
catalogue of MSS of
Byzantine music
(1453-1820)
1980
2005
1967
2002
1814
52,96
119
14
2004
96
12
. .
2001
354
2004
356
25
1987
96
2,81
44
344
discusses historical
aspects of the psaltic
art, has facsimilies of
many manuscripts
Pages
Price
in US $
Bookstores
(contacts
at end)
Title
Author
Year
G. Amargianakis
1977
Bjarne Schartau
1998
Diane H. Touliatos-Banker
1984
285
Byzantine Chant
Constantine Cavarnos
1998
102
IBMGS
Christos Vrionides
1959
132
Holy Cross
Christian Troelsgard
1997
204
Comments
17,68
16.95
amazon
a simple overview of
contemporary
Byzantine music
a collection of articles
on Byzantine music
The books with an asterisk (*) in the "comments" column do not deal with Byzantine music in its contemporary form but in the form it had before the fall
of the Byzantine Empire.
46
Milo Velimirovi
1960
Dimitri Conomos
1984
Romain Goldron
51.18
abebooks
50
Holy Cross
amazon
1968
127
10
amazon
Henry J. W. Tillyard
1923
72
1966
10
Savas I. Savas
1965
107
1956
Holy Cross
* a brief history of
Byzantine music
*
out of print
*
1974
381
20,80
Constantine Cavarnos
1956
31
amazon
IBMGS
G. Amargianakis
1982
1998
180
95
40
amazon
abebooks
47
Egon Wellesz
1947
212
1977
350
Joseph Szvrffy
1978
170
2000
52
J. Raasted
1983
H. J. W. Tillyard
1935
G. H. Jonker
1970
Egon Wellesz
1961
48
26.30
amazon
*
*
25
23
Holy Cross
(out of print)
translation of the
Romanian Gramatica
Muzicii Psaltice
National
Forum
explains Byzantine
notation using staff
notation
amazon
* a classic history of
Byzantine music
1882
John Brownlie
1900
Milo Velimirovi
1966
Edward V. Williams
1968
La Musique Byzantine
Dimitri Giannelos
Dimitri Conomos
1985
207
25
35
amazon
abebooks
Bjarne Schrtau
1984
89
20
abebooks
1963
56
abebooks
Constantine Cavarnos
1992
214
Solomon J. Hadjisolomos
1986
288
22
Yale
University
* his unpublished
Ph.D. dissertation
in French
49
IBMGS
*
H. J. W. Tillyard
Christian Troelsgrd
1999
1955
37
Palaeobyzantine Notations:
A Reconsideration of the Source Material
1995
172
edited by Christian
Troelsgrd and Gerda
Wolfram
1999
180
2004
310
Reading Psalmodia
David Melling
2000
48
free
Bredius Foundation
(edited by Jrgen Raasted
and Christian Hannick)
1991
201
16.95
2000
156
1971
1918
50
156
*
*
*
* has 11 articles in
English and German
* Turkish makams
described in terms of
Byzantine music
*
Milo Velimirovi
Studies in Eastern Chant - Vol. III
1973
187
1987
248
10.95
6.95
St. Vlad.
amazon
1997
186
15.95
13.95
St. Vlad.
amazon
Christian Thodberg
1960
50
Dimitri Conomos
1985
S. G. Hatherly
1892
* a theoretical treatise
written in 1458
50
amazon
Notes:
Although many of these books in English are out of print, most of them can be obtained from a local library through the interlibrary loan system.
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3-5, .
10678
Fax: +30 210-380-1724
sales@protoporia.gr
http://www.protoporia.gr
42 11472
.: +30 210-3624-349
Fax: +30 210-3637-108
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Notes:
Even though many of the books in this list are shown as being available from only one or two bookstores, they are in fact available
also from several other bookstores listed above that do not officially advertise carrying those books.
Fr. Constantine Terzopoulos has compiled a descriptive list in Greek of the Byzantine music books that are considered classics at:
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/frc/essentialcanon.pdf
he prices posted here will fluctuate more rapidly than they will be updated in this list.
Countless articles on Byzantine music in Greek and English have appeared in various periodicals. Although they have not been
included in this list, many of them can be located by referring to the bibliographies of the books in this list.
For more information online about Byzantine music, consult the following exhaustive lists of links:
http://www.stanthonysmonastery.org/music/Links.htm
http://members.lycos.co.uk/ivanmoody/orthodoxliturgylinks.htm
http://www.analogion.com/Websites.html
This list of Byzantine music books is available online at: http://www.stanthonysmonastery.org/music/ByzBooks.pdf (400 Kb)
It is also available online in Microsoft Word format at: http://www.stanthonysmonastery.org/music/ByzBooks.doc (2000 Kb)
If you notice any additions or corrections that could be made, please contact us at: byzmusic@yahoo.com
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