The contribution of the servants of Psaltic Art to the formation of the Typikon currently in use
The contribution of the servants of Psaltic Art to the formation of the Typikon currently in use

Summary/Abstract: This paper is an attempt to follow the course of the Typikon based on the information furnished by the long and uninterrupted psaltic tradition and by the musical manuscripts. The author aims to answer questions such as how this Typikon was preserved to the present day, when and by whom the recording of the typical rules of the Patriarchal Temple commenced, what was the part and the contribution of the Protopsalts and other officials of the Patriarchal Temple in shaping and formulating the precepts of the Typikon. The paper highlights valuable and trustworthy testimonies made by musical masters, scholars and researchers of Psaltic Art, who report in their texts many important facts linked to the evolution of this art in the patriarchal milieu and offer us remarkable notes on the contribution of the chanters to the establishing of the precepts of the Typikon.

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