Music plays an important role in Orthodox worship. Chant, a special form of liturgical music, is frequently used. This category describes Orthodox music and chant and provides samples so you can listen to it.
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- Musica Russica Source of Russian choral music. Provides descriptions, ratings, and sells many Russian Orthodox church music CDs. Also sells sheet music.
- Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae, Copenhagen The MMB microfilm collection contains more than 680 items for use by scholars of Byzantine chant. Housed at the University of Copenhagen, Institute for Greek and Latin
- Byzwriter 1.0 Software A system for writing the Byzantine Music Notation created by Gezerlis G. Velissarios (PHD student, University of Athens, Greece.) Windows 95 and Word 6 or 7 (Greek Version) required.
- Choir of the Church of St. Prophet Elijah of Kiev The spiritual compositions, hymns, psalms, also Ukrainian and Russian folk songs in performance of the choir. Includes ordering information for CD.
- Oh Pure Virgin Modern arrangement by composer Ioannidis Nikolaos. Includes audio file and Greek text.
- Liturgical Sheet Music in English Free arrangements of Russian Orthodox Church music available in .pdf format.
- Divine Liturgies Music Project More than 1000 pages of Byzantine music transcribed into Western notation according to the style of chanting used on the Holy Mountain. Hymns are provided in Elizabethan English, Modern English, and Greek.
- Podoben Adaptations of Orthodox church music in the English language. Provides music in .pdf files as well as MIDI.
- Antiochan Orthodox Musical Practice Modern history of the music used in the Antiochan Orthodox Church in America