Nonsense Syllables in the Music of the Ancient Greek and Byzantine Traditions

Touliatos, Diane

doi:10.2307/763769

Cited by 6 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…A study by Diane Touliatos reveals that there are sophisticated layers of meaning associated with most syllabic particles in Greek and Byzantine song. 6 That syllables alone were ever able to evoke complex images of planets or capture the differentiation of genders is reason enough to consider the status of syllabic nonsense more carefully. In fact, judging singing nonsense by Touliatos's historical analysis, a fast combination of meaning making and meaning attribution has been involved in the use and study of syllabic nonsense over the ages.…”

Section: Syllabic Nonsensementioning

confidence: 99%

Singing Nonsense

Ventzislavov¹

2014

nlh

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Section: Syllabic Nonsensementioning

confidence: 99%

Singing Nonsense

Ventzislavov¹

2014

nlh

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Another underlying concept is that of exegesis, which refers to chanters' interpretations of musical content, not unlike varied scriptural commentaries. The term is notably used in Byzantine chant (Lingas 2004;Touliatos 1989), but it can apply to any tradition. The concept is important since it allows for changes in speed, style, and other characteristics, is the basis for ornamented and melismatic repertoire, and lies behind the idea of a stable tradition with many embodiments.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Music: Its Theologies and Spiritualities

Foley¹

2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Duns Scotus Professor Emeritus and retired Professor of Liturgy and Music at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Edward Foley is the Duns Scotus Professor Emeritus of Spirituality and a retired Professor of Liturgy and Music at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. A member of the Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order since 1966, he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1975. He holds multiple graduate degrees in music, ministry and theology, including a Ph.D. in Theology (1987) from the University of Notre Dame. An award winning author, he currently has 30 published authored or edited books to his name; some of his most recent works are Catholic Marriage: A Pastoral-Liturgical Handbook, Defragmenting Franciscanism: Collaboration in a post Ite Vos era, and Preaching as Paying Attention: Theological Reflection in the Pulpit. Foley has also authored over 300 chapters in books, scholarly and pastoral articles, and reviews. His current writing projects include a new work on Eucharistic worship after Vatican II. He was a recent recipient of grants from various foundations, including a major grant from the John Templeton foundation on preaching and the sciences. A well known speaker and teacher, he has lectured in over 60 dioceses throughout the English speaking world. He was granted the mandatum as a teacher of Roman Catholic theology from Francis Cardinal George. He received of the Jubilate Deo award from the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, and a Lilly Faculty Fellowship. Foley was awarded the life-time achievement Berakah award by the North American Academy of Liturgy in 2013, and the McManus Award from the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions in 2020. He currently serves his community as the vice-postulator for the canonization cause of Blessed Solanus Casey. He preaches and presides at Old St. Patrick's Church in Chicago and St. Mary's Church in Riverside.

show abstract

Polyphony and Poikilia: Theology and Aesthetics in the Exegesis of Tradition in Georgian Chant

Sidonia¹

2019

Religions

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Georgian polyphonic chant and folk song is beginning to receive scholarly attention outside its homeland, and is a useful case study in several respects. This study focuses on the theological nature of its musical material, examining relevant examples in light of the patristic understanding of hierarchy and prototype and of iconography and liturgy. After brief historical and theological discussions, chant variants and paraliturgical songs from various periods and regions are analysed in depth, using a primarily geometrical approach, describing the iconography and significance of style, musical structure, contrapuntal relationships, melodic figuration, and ornamentation. Aesthetics and compositional processes are discussed, and the theological approach in turn sheds light on questions of historical development. It is demonstrated that Georgian polyphony is a rich repository of theology of the Trinity and the Incarnation, and the article concludes with broad theological reflections on the place of sound as it relates to text, prayer, and tradition over time.

show abstract

Nonsense Syllables in the Music of the Ancient Greek and Byzantine Traditions

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Singing Nonsense

Singing Nonsense

Music: Its Theologies and Spiritualities

Polyphony and Poikilia: Theology and Aesthetics in the Exegesis of Tradition in Georgian Chant

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About