ON SYRIAN LITURGICAL CHANT

Fides Quaerens Corporalitatem: Perspectives on liturgical embodiment

Fides Quaerens Corporalitatem: Perspectives on liturgical embodiment In the light of a number of paradigm shifts that have taken place in practical theological methodology, this article proposes an integrative approach that takes the fundamental role of embodiment into account. A brief discussion of the theological understanding of embodiment is followed by a reflection on certain liturgical im...

John F. Chant

Economists have directed attention to the role of corporate governance in determining the performance of business enterprises well before the issue was thrust into prominence by the troubles of Enron, WorldCom, and others. Much of this literature examines the consequences of different mechanisms for corporate control. An important part of this literature stresses the role of banks in corporate ...

As It Is in Heaven? Reflections on Liturgical Reframing

This article reflects on the phenomenon of a growing dissatisfaction and restlessness with traditional forms of worship as well as on some conceptions of the notion of liturgical renewal. It proposes that a fundamental liturgical reframing is indeed needed, grounded on the theological locus of the Christ-event. A brief description is given of the liturgical importance of this event, followed by...

Formant Tuning in Byzantine Chant

We present an investigation of formant tuning in the context of the Byzantine Ecclesiastic chant voice. The recordings selected for the analysis are part of the DAMASKINOS prototype acoustic corpus of Byzantine Ecclesiastic voice. More specifically, we analyzed recordings from 10 different chanters in ascending musical scales of the diatonic genre, for the /a/ vowel. The method of analysis incl...

Codex Angelicus 123 as a Liturgical Manuscript