Orthodox Music in Bulgaria
The tradition of the church composer in Bulgaria is more than a thousand years old, and can be traced back to the early middle ages, one o...
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The tradition of
the church composer in Bulgaria is more than a thousand years old, and can be
traced back to the early middle ages, one of the earliest musical figure
(singer, composers and musical performer) of the medieval Europe, Yoan Kukuzel
(1280-1360), is known as the angle voice for his singing abilities, and is of
Bulgarian origin. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church there are two traditions of
church composers the Eastern monadic one voice singing and choral (polyphonic),
the Eastern monadic composer sees the tradition of the Greek and Byzantine
music as the requirements of the eight tones canon of the Eastern orthodox
chanting. The second tradition is the choral church music that was established
in the 19th century, when Bulgaria enters the power of the Russian
choral church music.
source of picture: bnr.bg
Though XIX and 20th century several Bulgarian
singers make their works in the spirit of Russian polyphony. Today, the
orthodox music is alive and is performed both the church worship services and
at shows by secular choirs and soloists. The current Bulgarian worldwide
recognized choirs and composers in whose list permanently takes place the orthodox
music are follows;
o St.
Alexander Nevsky cathedral Choir
o Madrigal
chamber choir
o Sofia
boys’ choir
o Sofia
orthodox choir
o Sofia
priest choir
o Yoan
Kukuzel choir
o Opera
singer boris hristov
o Opera
singer Nikola Ghuzelev
