To Uzhgorod...possibly the one time I can "afford" it. Stiil unemployed, but very much looking forward to the upcoming trip. It promises to be exciting, challenging, unusual, memorable and probably a host of other adjectives I haven't conjured up yet! I must remind myself that I should let things happen as they may and not get upset about the numerous changes in plans that are bound to arise.
I still have shopping and packing to do...a month seems like so little time, yet the event seems so far off!
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
A Joyous Orthodox Pascha to all!
For those who celebrate the old calender Pashca, Christos Voskrese! Christos Anesti! Christ is Risen!
Although I am Catholic, I have always felt the connection with our seperated brethern in the Orthodox church.
View of St Nicholas OCA in McKees Rocks, PA.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Upcoming Trip This June
This June, I hope to make a trip to Uzhgorod, Ukraine for the 100th anniversary of the publication of Bokshay's "Prostopinije". It will mark my first major trip abroad, so I am hoping that all will go reasonably well.
"Prostopinije" was published in 1906 as a compilation of plain chant music for the Byzantine-Rusyn (Ruthenian) church. There are earlier texts that are sinilar to this, though not as well circulated as this text became. In 1925 Joachim Racsin published his collection of "Prostopionije" which followed Bokshay, and added more material form various sources. The 1944 "Plain Chant" and later the "Basic Chant" by Fr Andrew Sokol provided a transliterated text of Boshay's "Prostopinije" into Latin text (OCS pronunciation). Still later in 1969 Fr. Stefan Papp publlished his "Irmologion" which again used Bokshay as a refernce, though he included many particular melodies used in the Presov region that do not appear in the origional 1906 volume.
Interestingly in all three successor volumes some of the same musical typography errors are faithfullly copied. A particular example is the now less-used 'Voshel Jesi' melody for the Bishop's entrance.
I hope the conference is understandable (ie not entirely in Ukrainian) to an eager 'non-academic' like myself.
Steve P
"Prostopinije" was published in 1906 as a compilation of plain chant music for the Byzantine-Rusyn (Ruthenian) church. There are earlier texts that are sinilar to this, though not as well circulated as this text became. In 1925 Joachim Racsin published his collection of "Prostopionije" which followed Bokshay, and added more material form various sources. The 1944 "Plain Chant" and later the "Basic Chant" by Fr Andrew Sokol provided a transliterated text of Boshay's "Prostopinije" into Latin text (OCS pronunciation). Still later in 1969 Fr. Stefan Papp publlished his "Irmologion" which again used Bokshay as a refernce, though he included many particular melodies used in the Presov region that do not appear in the origional 1906 volume.
Interestingly in all three successor volumes some of the same musical typography errors are faithfullly copied. A particular example is the now less-used 'Voshel Jesi' melody for the Bishop's entrance.
I hope the conference is understandable (ie not entirely in Ukrainian) to an eager 'non-academic' like myself.
Steve P
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Introduction
Vecernaja Zorja-Evening star
A commentary blog of Eastern Catholicism and Orthodoxy from the view of a cantor in the Eastern Catholic Church.
As a somewhat travelled cantor from the Eparchy of Van Nuys (Pittsburgh Metropolia, Byzantine Catholic) There are some thoughts i'd share with the 2 or 3 readers of this blog. (I doubt there would be more).
Steve
As a somewhat travelled cantor from the Eparchy of Van Nuys (Pittsburgh Metropolia, Byzantine Catholic) There are some thoughts i'd share with the 2 or 3 readers of this blog. (I doubt there would be more).
Steve
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