Nikola the Serb ( sr, Никола Србин; late 14th century) was a
Serbian Orthodox
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.
The majority of the population in ...
hieromonk
A hieromonk ( el, Ἱερομόναχος, Ieromonachos; ka, მღვდელმონაზონი, tr; Slavonic: ''Ieromonakh'', ro, Ieromonah), also called a priestmonk, is a monk who is also a priest in the Eastern Orthodox Church and E ...
, ''
protopsaltes'' (chief singer) and one of the known composers of the Serbian Middle Ages, alongside
Kir Stefan the Serb
Kir Stefan the Serb (second half of the 14th and 15th century) was a Serbian monk, protopsaltos, musicologist, choirmaster and more importantly, composer of the chants developed within the sphere of the activities of Byzantine culture in the Serb ...
,
Isaiah the Serb
Isaiah the Serb ( sr, Исаија Србин/Isaija Srbin) was a Serbian Orthodox hieromonk and composer of chants who flourished in the second half of the 15th century. Along with Kir Joakim, Kir Stefan the Serb, Nikola the Serb he faithfully ...
and
Kir Joakim.
Work
*''Cherubic Hymn'', held at the Athens Museum.
It is based on a Greek text,
and exists in both Church Slavonic and Greek versions
See also
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Kir Joakim
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Isaiah the Serb
Isaiah the Serb ( sr, Исаија Србин/Isaija Srbin) was a Serbian Orthodox hieromonk and composer of chants who flourished in the second half of the 15th century. Along with Kir Joakim, Kir Stefan the Serb, Nikola the Serb he faithfully ...
*
John Kukuzelis
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Kir Stefan the Serb
Kir Stefan the Serb (second half of the 14th and 15th century) was a Serbian monk, protopsaltos, musicologist, choirmaster and more importantly, composer of the chants developed within the sphere of the activities of Byzantine culture in the Serb ...
*
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 ...
Annotations
*Name: also ''Nicholas the Serb''.
References
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14th-century Serbian people
14th-century composers
Christian hymnwriters
Medieval Serbian Orthodox clergy
Medieval singers
Serbian composers
Serbian monks
Medieval male composers