I posted this in the chant group, but I thought I'd post it here just in case. Is anyone aware of any parishes offering Byzantine chanting seminars or classes...
Justin: I haven't checked the byzantine board yet, but you'll probably get some answers there. I just got back from Boston. I guess this board is pretty...
Justin: Yes. I do remember. Sorry, the name didn't jump out at me! Thank you. I hope you find what you need. Let me know if there's anything more I can...
Dear List Members (if any of you are out there.): I'm trying to revive this board, since I'd like a place to post my thoughts and be less misunderstood. I'm...
Dear Stan, This is an interesting site. I hope the group doesn't die out, as you seem to indicate. I've been getting some interesting information here in the...
Dear Stan, Belonging to any of these 'groups' that support byzantine chant/music, I have been following the ongoing discussions with interest, and a level of ...
Thanks, Ken and Louie. Ken, I hope, despite your inexperience, you will throw some thoughts out there. We are all inexperienced, really, and feeling our way ...
Dear Stan, I'd just like to say that I appreciate your efforts, and I would like to contribute where I can. However, I'm a total novice when it comes to...
Dear Justin: I respect many of the people on the Byzantine chant board and I have learned a lot from them. Some of them can be critical without being nasty,...
I'd like to add (as moderator of the Byzantine Chant list) that you're quite right. The reason I began the list was because this kind of discussion (or...
Ivan: I remember reading someplace that you had been a student of John Tavener. I recently read an article on him in the BBC Music magazine that said he had...
Dear Stan, Quite right, I was a student oa Tavener's, about twenty years ago. And yes, indeed, he has recently said that he no longer considers himself a...
Dear List Members: Over the next few weeks, I would like to discuss the propriety of the music we use in American Greek Orthodox Churches. What is appropriate ...
Topic One: Does four-part polyphonic music with organ accompaniment negatively affect the priest in the performance of his liturgical duties and thus diminish...
Dear Stan, I'm glad you are raising this important question. As you pointed out in your post, the majority of music used today in the Greek Orthodox churces of...
Hello, Interesting way to approach this controversial subject. I actually wanted to reply to the general opener because of some interesting things that you ...
Hello again, ... I guess my question would be even more general than that: how does something become an "official" tradition of the church? Does a council...
... I've noticed a sort of animosity between chanters and choirs in many different parishes. As a convert, one of the things that drew me to Orthodoxy was the...
Dear Justin and Fr. Ephraim: Well, OK. We can discuss the opening comments as well. I'm sure the discussion will take a flow of its own. ... I think that was a...
... That's a very interesting point. I'd never thought of it that way, that GO choirs are perpetuating an OBSOLETE Western tradition. But it's true. Southern...
Dear Stan, I would like to elaborate on two things you mentioned. ... I know what you mean, but I would say that the Westernization of chant began in L'viv in...
Father Ephraim, It's great to read your comments. I am curious if you know what the Church Father's thought of secular music. Did they in general look down...
... Sometimes. More on this question in Part 2. ... The choir director is misguided. I've seen this before in Protestant churches. Some choir directors and...
Dear Chrysostomos, There is an excellent compilation of all the writings of the Holy Fathers of the first five or six centuries that have anything to do with ...
Dear Chrysostomos, Yes, you are right in saying that a priest is not allowed to serve the liturgy by himself. Besides, the word in Greek that the Holy Fathers ...
... I think the traditional answer is yes. But I have to admit that I find Gregorian chant very soothing and in some sense inviting to contemplation and...
Dear Father Ephraim, I minored in linguistics as an undergraduate, and I love languages, historical linguistics, and etymology. So please share your knowledge...
Greetings to everyone! I am very interested in this discussion, and have following it from the beginning, Stan. And I PROMISE to contribute as weakly as I am...
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