Description
The material taught in this course is equivalent to the material taught in the fourth year of Greek conservatories and provides comprehensive preparation for the final examination required for a Holy Cross Certificate in Byzantine Music. Students are expected to become competent in performing more technically demanding repertoire, including Gregory Protopsaltis? cherubic hymns, Petros the Peloponnesian?s communion hymns, Petros the Peloponnesian?s Kyrie I en pollais amartiais, Ioannis Koukouzelis? Anothen oi profitai, the ancient hymn Ton despotin kai archierea, and the anaphora hymns for the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil. Prerequisites: Byzantine Music I?VI.