/ 
Irmologion BAN 16.15.13 - a Unique Treasure of the Middle of the 18th Century
DOI of the paper: 10.15382/sturV201624.81-100
Abstract
The article is dedicated to Irmologion BAN 16.15.13 — a unique treasure of the middle of the 18th century. This is the only Irmologion in the style of constant polyphony known in contemporary musical medieval studies. The manuscript contains partes harmonisation of the znamenny chant which are shaped by Kiev square note and constitute a score. The article presents the process of the emergence of the score; examines particular aspects of the provenance of the source of origin — namely the plain song — in the context of polyphony; provides the musical analysis of the texture. Findings allow to introduce the manuscript into the context of the ancient Russian chant books, while pointing out both common and non-conventional polyphonic features of noting heirmoses in the time when Irmologion was created. In the last part of the article musical examples of heirmoses of Easter canons in the style of constant polyphony are published.
Keywords
Сonstant polyphony, partes harmonisation, Irmologion, irmos, znamenny chant, Canon Easter
References
1. Brazhnikov M. V. Litsa i fity znamennogo rospeva. Leningrad, 1984.
2. Butskaia S. B. K probleme narodnykh pervoistochnikov v partesnom mnogogolosii // Metody muzykal'no-fol'kloristicheskogo issledovaniia: Sb. nauch. tr. / MGK im. P. I. Chaikovskogo. Moscow, 1989. P.146–157.
3. Butskaia S. B. Problema partesnogo mnogogolosiia v Rossii: Avtoref. dis. … kand. isk. Moscow, 1991.
4. Gur'eva N. V. Sistema osmoglasiia v russkoi liturgii kontsa XVII veka // Muzykal'naia akademiia. Moscow, 2001. № 3. P. 95–103.
5. Guseinova Z. M. Irmologii (notirovannyi): Ucheb. posobie. Saint-Petersburg, 1999.
6. Zakhar'ina N. B. Russkie bogosluzhebnye pevcheskie knigi XVIII–XIX vekov. Sinodal'naia traditsiia. Saint-Petersburg, 2003.
7. Kazantseva M. G. Istoriia pevcheskogo iskusstva v pis'mennoi kul'ture Drevnei Rusi XII–XVII vv. (po knige Irmologii): Avtoref. dis. … kand. isk. Moscow, 1995.
8. Keldysh Iu. V. Istoriia russkoi muzyki. T. 1: Drevniaia Rus'. XI–XVII v. Moscow, 1983.
9. Moreva A. N. Funktsionirovanie knigi Irmologii v russkom tserkovno-pevcheskom iskusstve: diplomnaia rabota. Saint-Petersburg, 2006.
10. Mosiagina N. V. Monakh Tikhon Makar'evskii. Kliuch Razumeniia / Issledovanie pamiatnika, rasshifrovka znamennoi notatsii N. V. Mosiaginoi. Saint-Petersburg, 2014.
11. Pevcheskie rukopisi v sobranii Biblioteki Rossiiskoi Akademii nauk: Katalog vystavki / Sost. F. V. Panchenko; red. A. A. Amosov. Saint-Petersburg: BAN, 1994.
12. Plotnikova N. Iu. Partesnye garmonizatsii znamennogo i grecheskogo rospevov (na materiale stikhiry ≪Sovet prevechnyi≫ iz Sluzhby Blagoveshcheniia Presviatoi Bogoroditse): Issledovanie i publikatsiia. Moscow, 2005.
13. Plotnikova N. Iu. Russkoe partesnoe mnogogolosie kontsa XVII — serediny XVIII veka: Istochnikovedenie, istoriia, teoriia. Moscow, 2015.
14. Protopopov V. V. Partesnoe penie // Muzykal'naia entsiklopediia. T. 4. Moscow, 1978. P. 190–193.
15. Skrebkov S. S. Russkaia khorovaia muzyka XVII — nachala XVIII veka: Ocherki / Pod red. Iu. V. Keldysha; In-t istorii iskusstv. Moscow, 1969.
16. Sokolov P. I. Katalog obstoiatel'nyi rukopisnym knigam Sviashchennogo Pisaniia, pouchitel'nym i do Sviashchennoi istorii kasaiushchimsia v biblioteke Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk. Saint-Petersburg, 1818.