From dgw1@nyu.edu Fri Nov 30 16:04:44 2001 Received: from mailscan5.cac.washington.edu (mailscan5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with SMTP id fB104Rn46852 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:04:27 -0800 Received: FROM mxu2.u.washington.edu BY mailscan5.cac.washington.edu ; Fri Nov 30 16:04:27 2001 -0800 Received: from e1g1.home.nyu.edu (E1G0.HOME.NYU.EDU [128.122.108.150]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with ESMTP id fB104L411172 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:04:21 -0800 Received: from computer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e1g1.home.nyu.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB104H217891; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 19:04:17 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <003901c179fb$fad50060$b603a5d8@computer> From: "Diana Wright" To: "Byzans-L" , "Classics" Subject: Musical Discovery Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 19:06:07 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0036_01C179D2.10B0CD80" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C179D2.10B0CD80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A short piece from the Michaelmas Issue of OXFORD Today: Following the reconstruction of medieval manuscripts by the scholars at = Oxford and the Ionian University, Corfu, music that had not been heard = for 500 years was played on 26 May in the chapel of St. Peter's College. = The evening service of Vespers according to the ancient rite of the = Great Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, was lost following the = capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks in 1453 and existed for = centuries only as a scattered and fragmented collection of manuscripts. = The work was recreated in Oxford by the renowned Byzantine Choir of = Athens under the direction of Lycourgos Angelopoulos, with the aid of a = grant from the A. G. Leventis Foundation. Dr. Alexander Lingas, = postdoctoral research fellow at St. Peter's, who worked on deciphering = the manuscript with Ioannis Avanitis of the Ionian University said: 'The = service is radically different from the monastic form of Vespers sung = today in Greek and Russian churches, and represents a tradition of urban = Christian worship that was celebrated in Byzantium for nearly a thousand = years before it was lot. It was wonderful to hear the music come to = life again.' DW ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C179D2.10B0CD80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

A short piece from the Michaelmas Issue = of OXFORD=20 Today:

Following the reconstruction of = medieval=20 manuscripts by the scholars at Oxford and the Ionian University, Corfu, = music=20 that had not been heard for 500 years was played on 26 May in the chapel = of St.=20 Peter's College. The evening service of Vespers according to the = ancient=20 rite of the Great Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, was lost = following the=20 capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks in 1453 and existed for = centuries=20 only as a scattered and fragmented collection of manuscripts. The = work was=20 recreated in Oxford by the renowned Byzantine Choir of Athens under the=20 direction of Lycourgos Angelopoulos, with the aid of a grant from the A. = G.=20 Leventis Foundation. Dr. Alexander Lingas, postdoctoral research = fellow at=20 St. Peter's, who worked on deciphering the manuscript with Ioannis = Avanitis of=20 the Ionian University said: 'The service is radically different from the = monastic form of Vespers sung today in Greek and Russian churches, and=20 represents a tradition of urban Christian worship that was celebrated in = Byzantium for nearly a thousand years before it was lot. It was = wonderful=20 to hear the music come to life again.'

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