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St. Sava Music Book

http://bobmounger.tripod.com/

Settings of English translations of Orthodox Church music. Includes Irmos for the Canon of the Resurrection in the eight tones. Requires a plug-in for Internet Explorer. Files must be saved and played locally with other browsers. Windows only.

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Sirin Ensemble

http://www.sirin.ru/

Vocal ensemble performing early Russian Orthodox chants and spiritual verses. History of the ensemble, repertoire description, wav and mp3 files of Orthodox church and folk chants. [English/Russian]

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Podoben

http://stephenhowanetz.tripod.com/

Adaptations of Orthodox church music in the English language. Provides music in .pdf files as well as MIDI.

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Oh Pure Virgin

http://homoecumenicus.com/ioannidis_pure_virgin.htm

Modern arrangement by composer Ioannidis Nikolaos. Includes audio file and Greek text.

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Musica Russica

http://www.musicarussica.com/

Source of Russian choral music. Provides descriptions, ratings, and sells many Russian Orthodox church music CDs. Also sells sheet music.

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Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae, Copenhagen

http://www.igl.ku.dk/MMB/Welcome.html

The MMB microfilm collection contains more than 680 items for use by scholars of Byzantine chant. Housed at the University of Copenhagen, Institute for Greek and Latin

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Liturgical Sheet Music in English

http://music.russianorthodox-stl.org/

Free arrangements of Russian Orthodox Church music available in .pdf format.

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Eastern Orthodox Liturgics at Liturgica.com

http://www.liturgica.com/html/litEOLit.jsp?hostname=liturgica

Presents a description of liturgical worship in the Orthodox Church, with links to CDs and books for purchase.

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Divine Liturgies Music Project

http://stanthonysmonastery.org/music/Index.html

More than 1000 pages of Byzantine music transcribed into Western notation according to the style of chanting used on the Holy Mountain. Hymns are provided in Elizabethan English, Modern English, and Greek.

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Choir of the Church of St. Prophet Elijah of Kiev

http://artmam.com/gift/cd/index.html

The spiritual compositions, hymns, psalms, also Ukrainian and Russian folk songs in performance of the choir. Includes ordering information for CD.

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Byzwriter 1.0 Software

http://www.di.uoa.gr/~gbelis/

A system for writing the Byzantine Music Notation created by Gezerlis G. Velissarios (PHD student, University of Athens, Greece.) Windows 95 and Word 6 or 7 (Greek Version) required.

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Antiochan Orthodox Musical Practice

http://www.antiochian.org/music/

Modern history of the music used in the Antiochan Orthodox Church in America

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Ancient Hymns for Modern Times

http://www.ancienthymns.com/

Hymns of Byzantine Chant by Katerina Sitaras Makiej, Presvytera, in English and Greek. Audio sample, ordering info on site. CDs and tapes include hymns from the Orthodox Christian worship services. Psalms and inspiring prayers set to music and chanted by a female solo voice.

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