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    the cantor, female chantress, sometimes called the precentor or the protopsaltes (Greek: πρωτοψάλτης, lit. 'first singer'; from Greek: ψάλτης, romanized: psaltes...
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  • at the Great Church of Constantinople, after Daniel the Protopsaltes became Archon Protopsaltes. Large parts of the monodic chant sung in several current...
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  • Thrasyvoulos Stanitsas (Greek: Θρασύβουλος Στανίτσας; 1910–1987) was a protopsaltes (leading cantor) in the Great Church of Constantinople from 1960 until...
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    founder and director of the Greek Byzantine Choir and an Archon Protopsaltes (lead protopsaltes) of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Lykourgos A. Angelopoulos...
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    typikon was published until 1839 when, finally, Constantine Byzantios, the Protopsaltes of the Great Church, composed and published the typikon twice in Greek...
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    play audio when loaded) (realmedia format). The cantor is the Archon Protopsaltes of the Great Church of Christ Leonidas Asteres, promoted to that position...
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  • leaving office. He was previously the metropolitan of Philippopolis, a protopsaltes and composer of hymns. Venance Grumel, Traité d'études byzantines, vol...
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  • Καλλίνικος) (Leukoniko, 5 May 1904 – 9 May 2004) was a musicologist, archon protopsaltes of the Church of Cyprus and a researcher of Cypriot folk music. Kallinikos...
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    school was the participating fieldwork of traditional protopsaltes, those of the archon protopsaltes of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople (and...
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  • student of the Byzantine music famous cantors and music teachers Iakovos Protopsaltes and Georgios of Crete. Chourmouzios served for 40 years as a lead cantor...
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  • Никола Србин; fl. late 14th century) was a Serbian Orthodox hieromonk, protopsaltes (chief singer) and one of the known composers of the Serbian Middle Ages...
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  • Panagiotes the Protopsaltes or Panagiotes the New Chrysaphes (Greek: Παναγιώτης Χρυσάφης ὁ Νέος; c. 1622 – 1682) was a Greek composer, protopsaltes (first cantor)...
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  • child in a large Greek family. He studied Byzantine music under the protopsaltes (leading cantor) George Michalis. He became a professional cantor when...
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    Centre (KERE). About Gregorios the Protopsaltes: "Gregory Protopsaltes the Byzantios", ec-patr.net Gregory Protopsaltes the Byzantios, apostoliki-diakonia...
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  • Konstantinos Pringos (1892 in Constantinople – 1964 in Athens) was a protopsaltes (leading cantor) in the Great Church of Constantinople from 1939 until...
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  • with the name of its publisher Ioannes the Protopsaltes, but it was created by him and Daniel the Protopsaltes, although the latter is not mentioned in...
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    collection by Nikiforos Naftouniaris. Chrysanthos of Madytos, Gregory the Protopsaltes, and Chourmouzios the Archivist were responsible for a reform of the...
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    simple Greek with several spelling and punctuation mistakes. Emmanouel Protopsaltes, former professor of Modern Greek History at the University of Athens...
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  • within the New Music School of the Patriarchate, along with Gregorios the Protopsaltes and Chourmouzios the Archivist who transcribed the traditional repertory...
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    Koukouzeles" was transcribed and printed in the chant books used by protopsaltes today. Today the common practice is to perform the cherubikon according...
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  • ancient Greece Byzantine Music—traditional music of the Byzantine Empire Protopsaltes (Domestikos, Lampadarios)—ranks of psaltes in charge of the Patriarchate...
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  • versions created by the generation of Ioannes Trapezountios and Daniel the Protopsaltes who had recomposed the traditional melodies. The hyphos was supposed...
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  • service and the Divine Liturgy. Because the kontakia were usually sung by protopsaltes during the morning services, the first part for the morning service with...
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    his followers at the New Music School of the Patriarchate (Daniel the Protopsaltes, Petros Peloponnesios, Georgios of Crete). The earliest sources with...
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    Mount Athos in 1447; John Vatatzes was a hymn writer from Crete and protopsaltes (first cantor) at Candia in 1465; the goldsmith Frangiskos Vatatzes is...
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    change into another (chromatic or enharmonic) genus. If a composer or protopsaltes realised a traditional model of a cherubikon or koinonikon within the...
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  • as the common tonal reference for all Ottoman musicians. Traditional protopsaltes at Athos and Istanbul who belong to local schools of the eighteenth century...
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  • transcribed by Gregorios the Protopsaltes (early 19th century). Petros Peloponnesios (c. 1818). Gregorios the Protopsaltes (transcription) (ed.). "Αναστασιματάριον...
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  • The Lampadarios is usually candidate for promotion to First Cantor (Protopsaltes). He is also entitled to act as a witness at various important acts of...
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    function for three years. Iakovos had heard exceptional Patriarchal protopsaltes (right chorus leading chanters) such as Ioannis Byzantios (the surname...
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