Panagiotes the Protopsaltes or Panagiotes the New Chrysaphes ( el, Παναγιώτης Χρυσάφης ὁ Νέος; c. 1622 – 1682) was a

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composer, ''

protopsaltes In Christianity, the cantor, sometimes called the precentor or the protopsaltes (; from ), is the chief singer, and usually instructor, employed at a church, with responsibilities for the choir and the preparation of the Mass or worship service ...

'' (first cantor) and poet in

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, the capital of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

Life and work

He served as ''protopsaltes'' of the

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

(about 1655 to 1682) and like the former ''protopsaltes'' Theophanes Karykes he became engaged in a revival of the Byzantine psaltic art or art of chant. As student of the patriarchal ''protopsaltes'' Georgios Raidestinos, his approach was based on the recomposition of the late medieval

sticherarion A sticheron (Greek: "set in verses"; plural: stichera; Greek: ) is a hymn of a particular genre sung during the daily evening (Hesperinos/Vespers) and morning (Orthros) offices, and some other services, of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Cath ...

as it was described by

Manuel Chrysaphes Manuel Doukas Chrysaphes ( el, , ) was the most prominent Byzantine musician of the 15th century. Life and works A singer, composer, and musical theoretician, Manuel Chrysaphes was called "the New Koukouzeles" by his admirer, the Cretan compos ...

in his treatise about psaltic art, and the recomposition of the Byzantine '' Anastasimatarion'' was based on the simple psalmody according to the

Octoechos Oktōēchos (here transcribed "Octoechos"; Greek: ;The feminine form exists as well, but means the book octoechos. from ὀκτώ "eight" and ἦχος "sound, mode" called echos; Slavonic: Осмогласие, ''Osmoglasie'' from о́см� ...

. Several manuscripts of the latter have survived since the 17th century and they were usually introduced by a ''Papadike'' treatise, the basic introduction (''protheoria'') into psaltic art.Not only in the collection of the

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, also in the Gennadius Library of the American School at Athens ( Terzopoulos 2011) and in the collection of the

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. Sometimes the anthology also contained chants for the Divine Liturgy like the cherouvikon. For these works he was called "the New Chrysaphes".

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Contemporary manuscripts

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Transcriptions according to the New Method

Studies

* * 1620s births 1682 deaths Byzantine composers Composers from the Ottoman Empire Eastern Orthodox liturgical music Greeks from the Ottoman Empire Musicians from Istanbul 17th-century classical composers Male classical composers 17th-century Greek musicians 17th-century male musicians Writers from Istanbul {{Greece-music-bio-stub