This article deals with the sung gesture in the context of the auditory space of the temple. The ... more This article deals with the sung gesture in the context of the auditory space of the temple. The research comprises a comparison of various gradations of intonation from the recitative-style pronunciation of a word with a ‘small’ gesture at one end of the spectrum, to extended melismatic singing with hands raised in chironomy at the other. This range of gestures is considered in combination with changes in the location of choristers within the temple and changes in light levels, all of which forms the intonational gestural relief of the rite captured in iconography and liturgical writing.
Drawing on materials relating to Byzantine scripts, historical evidence of the art of singing, c... more Drawing on materials relating to Byzantine scripts, historical evidence of the art of singing, church iconography, and hymnography, this article suggests that the most important component of liturgical speech is the combination of hand gestures and the pronunciation of words, creating an auditory-gestural system within the liturgical space of the temple.
This study examines the acoustic dimension of monastic polity, the monastic mode and locus of lif... more This study examines the acoustic dimension of monastic polity, the monastic mode and locus of life as a unified auditory landscape, which expresses man’s path towards his existential integration in his communion with God, “in the image and in the likeness”. Examining the monastic landscape from a theological and ascetic point of view and by taking recourse to the testimonies of liturgical practice show that the unity of speech and gesture and formations (“gesture”, “sound-neumatic system”) are found at the basis of its ideal resonance as an expression of man’s attempt to attain to divine mimesis. We focus on the dominance of the voice within the acoustical ideal of Orthodox worship (of both the Greek and Russian tradition), which has a deep historical and theological core, expressing the meaning of Christianity as memesis of divine nature. It is shown that living, oral speech in combination with gesture and silence is fundamental to the art of worship. The human voice, as an integra...
Στην παρούσα εργασία εξετάζεται η ακουστική διάσταση της μοναχικής πολιτείας, του μοναστικού τρόπ... more Στην παρούσα εργασία εξετάζεται η ακουστική διάσταση της μοναχικής πολιτείας, του μοναστικού τρόπου και τόπου ζωής ως ενιαίο ηχοτοπίο, το οποίο εκφράζει την πορεία του ανθρώπου προς την υπαρξιακή ολοκλήρωσή του στην κοινωνία του με τον Θεό, στο «κατ' εἰκόνα καὶ καθ' ὁμοίωσιν». Η μελέτη του ηχοτοπίου της μοναχικής λατρείας από τις θεολογικές, ασκητικές απόψεις και τις μαρτυρίες της λειτουργικής πρακτικής αποδεικνύει ότι στη βάση του ηχητικού ιδεώδους της βρίσκεται η ενότητα του φθεγγομένου λόγου και των σωματικών κινήσεων και σχημάτων («χειρονομία», «ήχο-νευματικό σύστημα»), ως έκφραση της προσπάθειας του ανθρώπου προς την θεϊκή μίμηση. Εστιάζουμε στην κυριαρχία της φωνής στο ακουστικό ιδεώδες της Ορθόδοξης λατρείας (της ελληνικής και ρωσικής παραδόσεως), η οποία έχει μια βαθειά ιστορική και θεολογική βάση, εκφράζοντας το νόημα του Χριστιανισμού ως θείας φύσεως μίμησιν. Αποδεικνύεται ότι ο ζωντανός, φθεγγόμενος λόγος σε συνδυασμό με την χειρονομία και την σιωπή είναι θεμελιώδ...
... Irina A. Chudinova is a research fellow at the Russian Institute for Art His-tory in St. ... ... more ... Irina A. Chudinova is a research fellow at the Russian Institute for Art His-tory in St. ... Among the more important studies of choral music are those written by Tat'iana Vladyshevskaia, NinaGerasimova-Persidskaia, Iurii Kel-dysh, Vladimir Protopopov, and Sergei Skrebkov. ...
The paper deals with the research project of soundscapes of the island monasteries in the Russian... more The paper deals with the research project of soundscapes of the island monasteries in the Russian North in relation to the correlation of psaltic art and sound ecology.
This article deals with the sung gesture in the context of the auditory space of the temple. The ... more This article deals with the sung gesture in the context of the auditory space of the temple. The research comprises a comparison of various gradations of intonation from the recitative-style pronunciation of a word with a ‘small’ gesture at one end of the spectrum, to extended melismatic singing with hands raised in chironomy at the other. This range of gestures is considered in combination with changes in the location of choristers within the temple and changes in light levels, all of which forms the intonational gestural relief of the rite captured in iconography and liturgical writing.
Drawing on materials relating to Byzantine scripts, historical evidence of the art of singing, c... more Drawing on materials relating to Byzantine scripts, historical evidence of the art of singing, church iconography, and hymnography, this article suggests that the most important component of liturgical speech is the combination of hand gestures and the pronunciation of words, creating an auditory-gestural system within the liturgical space of the temple.
This study examines the acoustic dimension of monastic polity, the monastic mode and locus of lif... more This study examines the acoustic dimension of monastic polity, the monastic mode and locus of life as a unified auditory landscape, which expresses man’s path towards his existential integration in his communion with God, “in the image and in the likeness”. Examining the monastic landscape from a theological and ascetic point of view and by taking recourse to the testimonies of liturgical practice show that the unity of speech and gesture and formations (“gesture”, “sound-neumatic system”) are found at the basis of its ideal resonance as an expression of man’s attempt to attain to divine mimesis. We focus on the dominance of the voice within the acoustical ideal of Orthodox worship (of both the Greek and Russian tradition), which has a deep historical and theological core, expressing the meaning of Christianity as memesis of divine nature. It is shown that living, oral speech in combination with gesture and silence is fundamental to the art of worship. The human voice, as an integra...
Στην παρούσα εργασία εξετάζεται η ακουστική διάσταση της μοναχικής πολιτείας, του μοναστικού τρόπ... more Στην παρούσα εργασία εξετάζεται η ακουστική διάσταση της μοναχικής πολιτείας, του μοναστικού τρόπου και τόπου ζωής ως ενιαίο ηχοτοπίο, το οποίο εκφράζει την πορεία του ανθρώπου προς την υπαρξιακή ολοκλήρωσή του στην κοινωνία του με τον Θεό, στο «κατ' εἰκόνα καὶ καθ' ὁμοίωσιν». Η μελέτη του ηχοτοπίου της μοναχικής λατρείας από τις θεολογικές, ασκητικές απόψεις και τις μαρτυρίες της λειτουργικής πρακτικής αποδεικνύει ότι στη βάση του ηχητικού ιδεώδους της βρίσκεται η ενότητα του φθεγγομένου λόγου και των σωματικών κινήσεων και σχημάτων («χειρονομία», «ήχο-νευματικό σύστημα»), ως έκφραση της προσπάθειας του ανθρώπου προς την θεϊκή μίμηση. Εστιάζουμε στην κυριαρχία της φωνής στο ακουστικό ιδεώδες της Ορθόδοξης λατρείας (της ελληνικής και ρωσικής παραδόσεως), η οποία έχει μια βαθειά ιστορική και θεολογική βάση, εκφράζοντας το νόημα του Χριστιανισμού ως θείας φύσεως μίμησιν. Αποδεικνύεται ότι ο ζωντανός, φθεγγόμενος λόγος σε συνδυασμό με την χειρονομία και την σιωπή είναι θεμελιώδ...
... Irina A. Chudinova is a research fellow at the Russian Institute for Art His-tory in St. ... ... more ... Irina A. Chudinova is a research fellow at the Russian Institute for Art His-tory in St. ... Among the more important studies of choral music are those written by Tat'iana Vladyshevskaia, NinaGerasimova-Persidskaia, Iurii Kel-dysh, Vladimir Protopopov, and Sergei Skrebkov. ...
The paper deals with the research project of soundscapes of the island monasteries in the Russian... more The paper deals with the research project of soundscapes of the island monasteries in the Russian North in relation to the correlation of psaltic art and sound ecology.
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