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Syrian Orthodox Church: Antioch Liturgy

Artist:

Various Artists

Label:

Unesco

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

093077803926

Genre:

International

Release Date:

2015-01-13

Number of Discs:

1

According to ethnomusicologist Christian Poche, the Syrian Orthodox Church (also known as the Syriac Orthodox Church in English-speaking countries since 2000) is one of the oldest Christian churches of the Middle East. Founded in Antioch, the capital of the Roman province of Syria (and now Antakya, Turkey), the church's followers carried their beliefs throughout the Middle East and to the western coast of India. In it's liturgy, the church employs the Syriac language, an Aramaic dialect similar to that spoken by Jesus Christ and the Apostles. The liner notes offer a history of the church and it's musical traditions, with selections focusing on western Syrian singing.Poche claims the five oral traditions presented on this recording are: Urfa (in Turkey), "the most prestigious of the traditions"; Amid (now Diyarbakir), which has essentially disappeared; Mardin (in Aleppo); Tagrit (in Iraq); and Tur 'Abdin, which "reflects the golden age of Syriac." the Syrian Orthodox Church uses an oktoechos (set of eight modes) for it's qinto (melodies), designating a specific mode for each Sunday and rising by one scale degree each week. These melodies are taken from the bet-gazo (treasure of melodies), a compilation of non-biblical texts used by the deacons.

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