Psaltic Music in the Linear Notation System
Psaltic Music in the Linear Notation System

Summary/Abstract: The standardization, and especially the transcription of church songs of Byzantine origin into the two notation systems superposed, is unprecedented. It will probably remain as a reference work at least as important as the work of systematization and renovation of the Byzantine notation system done in Constantinople at the beginning of the 19th century (1814), known as the psaltic notation system reform or the Chrisant's Reform. It marked a crucial moment in the continuation of using the music of Byzantine origin in the Orthodox Church. This work intended "not to change or replace psaltic music as those who do not know the matter may think; on the contrary, it intended to save it and put it in a safe place as an asset that belongs to our spiritual patrimony.

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