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Music for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 

In Two Vocal Parts (S/B) - Serbian Chant


with

Bilingual Text: English & Church Slavonic

(Adaptation and arrangement by Nikola Resanovic)

Four Part Divine Liturgy Music (SATB) bilingual available here
Two Part Divine Liturgy Music (S/A) version available here
Two Part Vespers Music (S/B) version available here
Two Part Music for Matins (English text) available here
Two and Four Part Music for the Parastos (bilingual) available here
 


The files below contain two-part settings (high/low voices) of the music of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.  The melodies are those of Serbian chant with side by side settings of each hymn in both English and Church Slavonic.  The primary sources for the Church Slavonic settings include both the Opste Pojanje and Osmoglasnik of Stevan Mokranjac, and the Triod of Branko Cvejich. The English adaptations are largely those found in the Anthology of Serbian Chant (2006).

Although it is notated in the treble clef, the lower part is more suited to a Bass-Baritone voice but could also be sung by an Alto.  The upper voice —the chant— can be sung by either a Tenor, Baritone, Mezzo Soprano or a Soprano.   Although most of the chants are notated in the key of Fmajor/minor, they can be freely transposed to a suitable register for the singers.

The two pdf files below are largely identical with the exception of the red AUDIO links in the first one.  For best results download and open this first pdf file within your pdf reader so that you can view the score within the reader while hearing the audio files, which will open up within your internet browser when you click on them.

The second pdf is for printing (Please do not print from the AUDIO links pdf).  Blank pages have been added to the pdf in order to facilitate two sided copying.  Odd numbered pages should always be on the right hand side.


1.  Music for Presanctified Liturgy (S/B) - with AUDIO links (recommended for PRACTICE)
2.  Music for Presanctified Liturgy (S/B) - without links (recommended for PRINTING)


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