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The Obikhod (Обиход церковного пения) is a collection of polyphonic Russian Orthodox liturgical chants forming a major tradition of Russian liturgical music; it includes both liturgical texts and psalm settings. The original Obikhod, the book of rites of the monastery of Volokolamsk, was composed about 1575. Among its ...
Russian Liturgical Music is the musical tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church. This tradition began with the importation of the Byzantine Empire's religious music when the Kievan Rus' converted to Orthodoxy in 988.
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31 (Russian: Литургия Иоанна Златоуста), is a 1910 musical work by Sergei Rachmaninoff, one of his two major unaccompanied choral works (the other being his All-Night Vigil). The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the primary worship service of the Eastern Orthodox Church. [1]
Tchaikovsky, known primarily for his symphonies, concertos and ballets, was deeply interested in the music and liturgy of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1875, he compiled A Concise Textbook of Harmony Intended to Facilitate the Reading of Sacred Musical Works in Russia. [3] In an 1877 letter to his friend and patroness Nadezhda von Meck, he wrote:
The USSR State Chamber Choir: 1:20: 10. "Russian Monastic Vespers (Excerpt)" Choir of Monks from the Monastery of Chevetogne: 1:29: 11. "Bless the Lord, O my Soul: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by Sergei Rachmaninoff" Choir of the Moscow Church: 5:13: 12. "Hymn of the Cherubim (Excerpt): Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky"
This did not dampen his interest in Russian choral music, and in May 1881 he requested his publisher and friend Pyotr Jurgenson for the text of the all-night vigil and Dmitry Razumovsky's Russian Church Songs. [7] In the same year, Jurgenson asked him to edit the complete sacred works of Dmitry Bortniansky.
Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (Russian: Георгий Васильевич Свиридов [n 1]; 16 December 1915 – 6 January 1998) was a Soviet and Russian composer.He is most widely known for his choral music, strongly influenced by the traditional chant of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as his orchestral works which often celebrate elements of Russian culture.
Recorded for commercial release by St. Tikhon's Choir, Rowan Benedict Sheehan, conductor and Soundmirror, Blanton Alspaugh. Other modern compositions of The Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom include those by Mykola Dyletsky , Maksym Berezovsky , Dimitry Bortniansky , Artemy Vedel , Yevhen Stankovych (2003), Myroslav Skoryk (2005), Roman Hurko ...