Today the Orthodox Church has a serious roledevotes church singing. Our worship and church choir singing are directly connected. With his help, the Word of God is preached, which forms a special liturgical language (in conjunction with temple tunes). Church singing is usually divided into two types: unison (single voice) and polyphonic. The latter implies the division of votes by party, and the first is the performance by all choristers of one melody. In Russian churches, as a rule, they sing by parts.
Osmoglasie
In the eighth century, eight singers andmelodic systems (osmoglasie), which comprehensively affect the intellectual and emotional perception of a believer, turned to God with prayer. By the fourteenth century this system had acquired such a large scale that it can be compared only with the iconography of the same period and with the depth of prayerful asceticism. Theology, church singing, the icon and the prayer feat are the components of a single whole.
Odomonia replacement
The heyday of church singing in the 17th centurycoincided with the beginning of its ousting from the side of secular art. The system of church osmoglasia was replaced by short tunes on a religious theme. Orthodox religious ascetics believe that church singing without osmoglaziya impossible.
But the Orthodox Church has enoughthe number of musical publications and manuscripts. She has at his disposal the usage of church singing, which includes the whole range of liturgical singing. It combines the main chants of the Kiev, Greek and banners. There are several ways of performing stichera, in particular, simple and festive. All musical church manuscripts are a document of the Church Tradition, which is considered in the Orthodox circles the very first word in disputed matters.
Development of church singing
According to the documents of church tradition, it is easyto follow how church singing developed. Any art has its beginning and flowering. Many religious Orthodox figures today believe that the style of modern icon painting and church singing is just a profanation of liturgical art. In their opinion, this Western style does not correspond (in any formal or spiritual sense) to the Church Tradition.
Singing groups
Collectives who are engaged in church singing,can be of three kinds. The first kind is professional singers, but not church ones. The second - has a composition of people of the church, but at best they have a relative hearing and voice. The rarest kind of musical collective is a professional church choir. The collective of the first type prefers to perform complex works, but the ecclesiastical nature of this music is such a songwriter, as a rule, is indifferent, unlike those people who come to the temple for prayer.
However, it is encouraging that the collectives of the third kind are increasingly turning to performing works composed by synodal authors, and then even to monastic tunes.
