kounadis archive virtual museum

kounadis archive virtual museum

kounadis archive virtual museum

kounadis archive virtual museum

kounadis archive virtual museum

kounadis archive virtual museum

ECCLESIASTICAL MUSIC

Article by Maria St. Kapkidi

The invention of the phonograph undoubtedly helped the preservation of the orality of the ecclesiastical music tradition, as it had been shaped (and evolved) until the advent of the phonograph in the late 19th century. That same tradition may at times have been partially varied, especially as regards ecclesiastical music, as recording in a studio certainly varies the way it is performed in comparison to listening to it in its established environment, that is, church.

... There is no doubt, however, that any recorded audio testimonies of Byzantine music are purely representative, since those artists selected for its recording responded with certitude and sincerity to their mission, aiming at approaching even the simplest or non-specialized, in relation to the subject, listeners.
The result was the style of the art of chanting (where many chanters and singers are comprised) to stand out through its performative character. Cantors, emergent and apprentice chanters of the Patriarchal analogia of Constantinople (Istanbul), as well as carriers of the musical tradition of Smyrna (Izmir), recorded regularly. The audio documents that come to us from the far shores of America, where the increased immigration movement of the early 20th century yielded a particular kind of creativity and a different perspective by combining the European with the purely Eastern Byzantine idiom, are similar. Recordings from the Greek capital, where individual cantors and polyphonic choirs were often present and accompanied by military bands and the Military Band of Athens, are clearly remarkable as well.
Most of the aforementioned recordings of ecclesiastical music recorded on the phonograph can be found in the private archive of the Kounadis family, of which the present list is indicative. For us researchers, it is a valuable treasure.

Christos Anesti

Christos Anesti

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
Athens

Epitafios
(Ai geneai pasai)

Epitafios (Ai geneai pasai)

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
Athens, Transcription: Xanthopoulos

O, Panamome! O, Panachrante!
(O du Fröhliche, o du selige)

O, Panamome! O, Panachrante! (O du Fröhliche, o du selige)

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
Athens, Transcription: Xanthopoulos

Prokeimenon (tou Megalou Savvatou)

Prokeimenon (tou Megalou Savvatou)

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
1917 , Athens

Kekragarion

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
1917 , Athens

Exaposteilarion

Exaposteilarion

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
1917 , Athens

Megalynarion (Paraklisis)

Megalynarion (Paraklisis)

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
1917 , Athens

Megalynarion

Musical Scores / Παρτιτούρες
1917, Athens

Defte lavete fos, Christos Anesti

Defte lavete fos, Christos Anesti

78 RPM Records
02/1928, New York

O angelos evoa, Fotizou fotizou

O angelos evoa, Fotizou fotizou

78 RPM Records
02/1928, New York

Anastasis

78 RPM Records
29/05/1929, Athens

Perifora Epitafiou

Perifora Epitafiou

78 RPM Records
30/6/1928, Athens

I gennisis sou - I parthenos simeron

I gennisis sou - I parthenos simeron

78 RPM Records
7/9/1927, New York

Megalynon psychi mou

Megalynon psychi mou

78 RPM Records
7/9/1927, New York

Anastasis

78 RPM Records
1922, Athens, Adaptation: Ntavos Ioannis

Epitafios

78 RPM Records
1922, Athens, Adaptation: Ntavos Ioannis

Christos Anesti (kata Alexandro Katakouzino)

Christos Anesti (kata Alexandro Katakouzino)

78 RPM Records
1927, Athens, Katakouzinos Alexandros

I perifora tou Epitafiou (kata Alexandro Katakouzino)

I perifora tou Epitafiou (kata Alexandro Katakouzino)

78 RPM Records
1927, Athens, Katakouzinos Alexandros

Doxologia Meros 1on

Doxologia Meros 1on

78 RPM Records
09/1929, Athens

Doxologia Meros 2on

Doxologia Meros 2on

78 RPM Records
09/1929, Athens

Epi se chairei

78 RPM Records
09/1929, Athens

Evangelizou gi chara

Evangelizou gi chara

78 RPM Records
09/1929, Athens

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