| Chants of the Byzantine Rite: The Italo-Albanian Tradition in Sicily: Canti Ecclesiastici Della Tradizione Italo-Albanese in Sicilia Contributor(s): Di Salvo, Bartolomeo (Author), Garofalo, Girolamo (Editor), Troelsgård, Christian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 8763542668 ISBN-13: 9788763542661 Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press OUR PRICE: $89.10 Product Type: Other Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Ethnomusicology - Music | Instruction & Study - Voice |
| Dewey: 782.292 |
| Series: Museum Tusculanum Press - Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae, Subs |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 7.7" W x 10.2" (2.80 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents for the first time the complete chant repertory of an orally transmitted collection of church hymns for the celebration of the Byzantine Rite in Sicily. Cultivated by Albanian-speaking minorities since their ancestors arrived in Sicily in the late fifteenth century, this repertory was transcribed by Bartolomeo di Salvo, a Basilian monk from the monastery of Grottaferrata, and is presented here in English, Italian, and Greek. |
Contributor Bio(s): Di Salvo, Bartolomeo: - Bartolomeo di Salvo (1916 86) was born in Piani degli Albensei, Sicily, and took the vows of a monk in 1937. He collected the material in this book during travels in the 1950s. Troelsgard, Christian: - Christian Troelsgardis associate professor of Greek and Latin philology at the University of Copenhagen.Garofalo, Girolamo: - Girolamo Garofalois senior researcher in ethnomusicology at the University of Palermo, Italy. |
