Znamenny chant

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Znamenny Chant
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It is traditional that the Dogmatikon at Great Vespers be chanted in Great Chant (that is, slower and more melismatic). In modern choral scores, this is rarely accomplished; but the Synodal chant-books preserve the medieval Znamenny melodies for us. This is an English adaptation of these hymn settings.

“By the Waters of Babylon” is a text appointed to be sung at Matins on pre-Lenten Sundays, after the Polyeleos. Its text is taken from Psalm 136 (LXX) — the entire psalm is appointed to be sung in the sixth tone, with Alleluias after each verse.