Kassianí: Christmas Vespers now available from Cappella Romana Publishing!

[RichardRBarrett]

Cappella Romana Publishing is proud to announce the release of our edition Kassianí: Christmas Vespers ( https://cappellaromana.org/shop/publications/kassiani-christmas-vespers/ ), transcribed and edited by Ioannis Arvanitis (@Laosynaktis) and Alexander Lingas. This all new publication collects the hymns for the Nativity of Christ by St. Kassianí, the ninth century Constantinopolitan nun who is the oldest woman composer for whom we have music.

This edition includes:

• Transcriptions from medieval manuscripts into modern neumes by renowned Byzantine musicologist Ioannis Arvanitis
• Staff notation scores, Roman transliteration of the Greek, performance practice and historical notes, bibliography, and diction guide by Cappella Romana Founder and Music Director Alexander Lingas
• Clean, digital typesetting of scores for easy reading
• 8.5”x11” saddle-stitched format for convenient handling in performance
• 60 Pages
• Full Color Printing

Also, save $10 when you purchase these new scores and our Hymns of Kassianí SACD recording together in our Kassianí Christmas Package: https://cappellaromana.org/?p=29375

 

[Diogenes]

My warmest congratulations to everyone involved in this new edition; especially to Professors Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas, but also to you!

Are the original manuscripts from which Mr. Ioannis Arvanitis made the transcriptions accessible to us?

Which manuscripts were used?

Thank you very much!

 

[RichardRBarrett]

My warmest congratulations to everyone involved in this new edition; especially to Professors Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas, but also to you!

Are the original manuscripts from which Mr. Ioannis Arvanitis made the transcriptions accessible to us?

Which manuscripts were used?

Thank you very much!

The book does not include a fascimile of the manuscripts; the historical notes include the MS references, however:

Ambrosianus 139 sup. (1341 AD)
Grottaferrata Γ.γ.4 (13th/14th c.)
Grottaferrata Γ.γ.7 (14th c.)
Grottaferrata Δ.α.4 (13th c.)
Grottaferrata Δ.α.14 (11th/12th c.)
Grottaferrata Ε.α.2 (13th c.)
Grottaferrata Ε.α.10 (13th c.)
Sinai gr. 583 (12th c.)
Sinai gr. 1255 (15th c.)
Sinai gr. 1471 (14 c.)
Vienna Theol. Gr. 181 (13th c.)