Byzantine Music

Byzantine Music

Axion Estin

Additional information coming soon…

First Mode

• Slow Heirmologic
• Sticheraric
• Adapted from Nectarius the Wallachian
• Adapted from Michael Hatziathanasiou (Heptaphonic)
• Adapted from Mitri el-Murr
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis (Triphonic / Maqam Isfahân)

Second Mode

• Adapted from the customary melody
• Adapted from Chourmouzios the Archivist
• Adapted from Peter Philanthidis (Deuteroprotos / Maqam Karcığar)
• Adapted from Demetrius Sourlantzis (Deuteroprotos / Maqam Karcığar)
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis (Diphonic)
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis

Third Mode

• Adapted from Peter Byzantius the Agiotaphite
• Adapted from Theodore Phokaeus (Enharmonic)
• Adapted from Michael Hatziathanasiou
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis

Fourth Mode

• Adapted from Gregory the Protopsaltis (Agia)
• Adapted from Theodore Phokaeus (Legetos)
• Adapted from Chourmouzios the Archivist (Sticheraric)
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis (Agia)
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis (Legetos)
• Adapted from Demetrius Mavropoulos (Zygos / Maqam Müsteâr)

Plagal First Mode

• Adapted from the Patriarchal melody
• Adapted from Gregory the Protopsaltis (Slow Heirmologic)
• Sticheraric
• Pentaphonic / Maqam Acem
• Adapted from the anonymous old Romanian national melody transcribed by Anton Pann
• Adapted from Nectarius the Monk (based on the Slow Doxology by Peter Byzantius)
• Adapted from Fr Constantine Papagiannis (Maqam Nihâvend)
• Adapted from Michael Hatziathanasiou (Phrygian)
• Adapted from Constantine Pringos (Maqam Acem-Kürdî)
• Adapted from Basil Nikolaidis (Maqam Acem)
• Adapted from Panagiotes Kiltzanides (Pentaphonic / Maqam Acem-Kürdî)
• Adapted from Panagiotes Kiltzanides (Tetraphonic / Maqam Hisâr-Bûselik)
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis (based on the Slow Evlogitaria by Peter the Peloponnesian)
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis (Tetraphonic)

Plagal Second Mode

• Sticheraric
• Adapted from Theodore Phokaeus
• Adapted from an anonymous composition

Grave Mode

• Adapted from Theodore Phokaeus (Diatonic / Maqam Eviç)
• Adapted from Theodore Phokaeus (Enharmonic / Maqam Acem-Aşîrân)
• Adapted from Gregory the Protopsaltis (Tetraphonic / Maqam Beste-Nigâr)
• Adapted from Gabriel Cremeens (sticheraric)
• Adapted from Panagiotes Kiltzanides (Chromatic / Maqam Rahâtül-Ervâh)
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis (based on the Customary Melody in Second Mode)
• Maqam Ferâhnâk

Plagal Fourth Mode

• Sticheraric
• Adapted from Anastasius from Parla of Pisidia
• Adapted from Michael Hatziathanasiou
• Adapted from Triantaphyllus Georgiadis (Chromatic / Maqam Hicâzkâr)
• Adapted from Panagiotes Kiltzanides (Chromatic / Maqam Sûzinâk)
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis
• Adapted from Ioannis Arvanitis (Heptaphonic / Maqam Mâhûr-Nikrîz)

Other

• In the Eight Modes