The past is always present : the revival of the Byzantine musical tradition at Mount Athos / / Tore Tvarnø Lind

• Autore: Lind Tore Tvarno
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2011; New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.71/900949565
• Soggetto topico: Byzantine chants - History and criticism; Church music - Orthodox Eastern Church; Music, Byzantine - History and criticism; Sacred & religious music; Theory of music & musicology
• Soggetto geografico: Athos (Greece)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : toward an ethnomusicological study of Byzantine chant 1 -- Musical blossom -- Sacred musical transorthography -- Producing Mount Athos : Byzantine chant, pilgrimage and tourism -- "The monks have prayer" : on the Athonite style of chanting -- Spiritual silence, sacred sound -- Conclusion -- Greek glossary -- Appendix A: Chain of psáltes : musical genealogy at Vatopaidi.
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Past Is Always Present, Tore Tvarnø Lind examines the musical revival of Greek Orthodox chant at the monastery of Vatopaidi within the monastic society of Mount Athos, Greece. In particular, Lind focuses on the musical activities at the monastery and the meaning of the past in the monks' efforts at improving their musical performance practice through an emphasis on tradition.
• Titolo autorizzato: The past is always present
• ISBN: 979-82-16-21608-7; 979-82-16-20272-1; 1-283-36212-0; 9786613362124; 0-8108-8148-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957873003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Europea: Ethnomusicologies and Modernities.