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- Oktōēchos (here transcribed "Octoechos"; Gr****: ὁ Ὀκτώηχος Ancient Gr**** pronunciation: [okˈtóixos]; from ὀκτώ "eight" and ἦχος "sound, mode" called echos;...
- the melodic models of an octoechos system; however, while the tonary serves simply for a modal classification, the octoechos is organized as a cycle of...
- all the Psalms are read each w**** and, during Great Lent, twice a w****. Octoechos (Gr****: Ὀκτώηχος; Slavonic: Октоихъ, Oktoikh or Осмогласникъ, Osmoglasnik)—Literally...
- Octoechos system of musical modes, and the hymns for the remaining four tones are included in the second volume. The two volumes are called Octoechos...
- use similar systems of eight modes; see Syriac usage of Octoechos and Armenian usage of Octoechos. A plagal mode (from Gr**** πλάγιος 'oblique, sideways...
- collection of notated stichera prosomoia preceding the book Octoechos, while the Octoechos contained the best known hymns called stichera avtomela which...
- Fiol's Octoechos is an incunabulum octoechos, the first printed book in the Cyrillic script. It was printed by Schweipolt Fiol, a German native of Franconia...
- Oktōēchos (here transcribed "Octoechos"; Gr****: ὁ Ὀκτώηχος Ancient Gr**** pronunciation: [okˈtóixos]; from ὀκτώ "eight" and ἦχος "sound, mode" called echos;...
- form, the octoechos is still regarded as the foundation of the tradition of monodic Orthodox chant today (Neobyzantine Octoechos). The octoechos as a liturgical...
- early Byzantine church developed a system of eight musical modes (the octoechos), which served as a model for medieval European chant theorists when they...