Dear All: Recently in my church, there has been a switch from the Bogdanos and Maragos 4-part liturgies to Nancy's arrangements and translations. This change...
Dear All: It has been brought to my attention that the original article I wrote could be interpreted as critical of modern Church composers. This is not my...
Dear Friends, If you go to the link below, you will see the beginning of the webpages of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music, which you may...
Dear Members of the Group: I know the board has been inactive for a couple of months, but I plan to bring up some topics I hope we can share and learn from. ...
The entire funeral ... we heard one this week that was totally read by the priest. Wondering if this is a new trend (he said it had to go according to local...
In a message dated 12/27/05 3:42:53 PM, greekorthodoxmusic@yahoogroups.com ... Dear Fr. Benjamin, In 2001 I published "Services for the Departed," which...
I think the vast silence, plus Kevin's offering of music he has prepared himself (with no Archdiocesan sponsorship, right?), allows us to figure out the...
In our diocese there's an approved manual (by the diocese), however, it is apparently so abbreviated it took the priest (I'm told from experiences of the last...
Dear Fr. Benjamin: In addition to Kevin's book, (thank you, Kevin) there is a relatively complete set of funeral service music in the back of Roubanis' Divine ...
It would be a wonderful ministry to provide music for weddings and funerals that were above village politics and doable for let's say a simply trained parish...
Dear Friends, I have been following the discussion about music availability and wanted to clear up something. In then Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, there has not...
I, too, have been following this discussion, and it amazes me that everyone is talking about "official" music, and "approved manuals", etc. Let's face it,...
Dear Paul and Other Friends, I am finally going to have to respond - Paul, your statements about the National Forum are simply misinformed and it is tiresome...
Vicki, Thank you for clearing up some of the misinformation for the benefit of myself as well as this chat forum. My comments are not directed at any one...
Dear Apostolos, Let me add that on Mt. Athos there is a musical conservatism similar to that of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. If a monk pulls out some new ...
I'd like to go off at a tangent somewhat here... ... parish might have "constituencies" with different practices that they consider "right and proper" (for...
... Yes, you are very fortunate. From what I understand (I have been told), there is now in America a restriction on languages in the liturgy to only ...
Dear All: Since Christmas and the New Year don't often fall on Sunday, a few people have been asking me for the troparia of the Circumcision and St. Basil. I...
Dear Stan, Thank you for sharing that music with us. Overall Nancy did a fine job, but if you don't mind my being fussy, I would like to point out a few minor...
Dear Fr. Ephraim: I think Nancy would agree with you on all your points. (I could ask her, but basically she wants to stay away from Internet discussions, so I...
PS: Oh. You're right about the syllabic division of venerable. That was my doing in the computer transcription. I'll correct it. I was also thinking that, for...
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:33:39 -0000, "Stan Takis" <takistan@...> ... Yes, I know it feels to struggle over every note to get things right, and then in the...
Dear Ivan and Dana: In addition to the multi-ethnic traditions you mentioned, there are two additional traditions to deal with in the US, and probably in other...
Father: I did bring up your minor points to her, and she did agree with them and reiterated that she was trying to give the church that requested it an English...
Stan and Fr. Ephraim, Can I put in my two-cents worth? I'm not an expert on English, so I'm not claiming authority here. I AM, however, claiming preservation...
Dear Paul: Actually, your two cents helped a lot. I dragged her out of the kitchen and asked about your suggestions. She wouldn't use Christ OUR God because...
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