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Example 1: Liturgy.
gious genres and the spiritual climate. It is not a work for a church service,
but a meditation on the meaning of the liturgy. The texts of the four short
movements of Liturgy are taken from the Divine Office of John Chrysosto-
mos. The titles are: “Eleison”, “Gloria”, “Benedictus” and “Credo”, but the
texts themselves are in ancient Greek, instead of church Serbian, as is sung
in Serbian orthodox churches, which was probably due to the composer’s
wish to produce a stronger archaic effect, calling to mind the antiquity of
Byzantine singing. Characteristic melodic ornamentations and moves of
small chromatic intervals within a narrow ambitus, together with the use
of percussion that, in some sections, can be heard as ison (drone) notes,
are evocative of Byzantine church singing. Since the composer came from
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Example 1: Liturgy.
gious genres and the spiritual climate. It is not a work for a church service,
but a meditation on the meaning of the liturgy. The texts of the four short
movements of Liturgy are taken from the Divine Office of John Chrysosto-
mos. The titles are: “Eleison”, “Gloria”, “Benedictus” and “Credo”, but the
texts themselves are in ancient Greek, instead of church Serbian, as is sung
in Serbian orthodox churches, which was probably due to the composer’s
wish to produce a stronger archaic effect, calling to mind the antiquity of
Byzantine singing. Characteristic melodic ornamentations and moves of
small chromatic intervals within a narrow ambitus, together with the use
of percussion that, in some sections, can be heard as ison (drone) notes,
are evocative of Byzantine church singing. Since the composer came from
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