Mathimata, Kratimata and Deinai (MUSB 7831)

Term: Academic Year 2020-2021 Spring

Faculty

	Romanos KaranosShow MyInfo popup for Romanos Karanos
	Email address is hidden, click here to email
	Office hours: Tuesday 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM Thursday 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Friday 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

Schedule

Wed, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (1/19/2021 - 5/14/2021) Location: MAIN ONL

Description

This course is a study of technically demanding psaltic works from the 13th to the 21st centuries. The repertoire includes historic compositions, such as Pseudo-Damascus’ cherubic hymn and Manuel Chrysaphes’ Lament for the Fall of Constantinople, as well as mathimata, kratimata, doxologies, kalophonic heirmoi, 20th-century adaptations of kratimata in triple meter, and methods of learning the “deinai theseis” (complicated melodic formulae) in the melismatic genres of the Psaltic Art. Prerequisities: Byzantine Music I-VIII