Chanting in the Context of Georgian Christian Culture
Chanting in the Context of Georgian Christian Culture

Summary/Abstract: Georgian sacred music is one of the most ancient and significant parts of Christian culture. The history of Georgian church chanting takes its origin in the depths of centuries and is directly connected with the introduction and dissemination of Christianity in Georgia. Georgian chanting is three-part, being three-part is its nature, the only form of its existence. The unity of the three voices is such a well organized supreme level that in the treatise (Commentaries on Proclus Diadochus’ and Platonist Philosophy) by Ioane Petritsi, an 11th century Georgian philosopher, used it as an example to explain one of the basic dogmas of Christianity – the consubstantiality of the Holy Trinity. The article reviews the history of the Georgian church chanting, the issues related to the original music terminology, existed in the oldest Georgian chant collections (9th–10th centuries) are discussed, the paper also deals with the historical stages of Georgian music manuscripts.

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