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First Name : Melissa
URL :
Comment : Thank you for your page. As a novice
chanter, I can tell you I need as much help as time allows.
Name: Father Bob
Email: Padrerta@aol.com
Comments: Great Website! Much information and
lots of music not available elsewhere. When I tried to access the
guestbook via Foxfire it did not connect. When I accessed the
guestbook from AOL I was able to connect.
Answer: I think the problem has been fixed and was not
caused by which browser one uses. I think you connected on AOL
after I fixed the problem.
Name: Vangeli Avgerinos
E-mail : aavgerinos80@yahoo.com
Comments: Excellent site!!!
Name : leanna sterios-primiani
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E-mail : lprimiani@gmail.com
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Comments: Great site! I’ve been looking
everywhere for this info. and am thrilled to find it! I have a
question for you: I’m looking for either the written music
(modern notation) for the baptism service and/or a recording.
Does that exist? Thanks!
Answer: Thanks, Leanna. I will try to get the baptism
music for you soon. I’ll send an email.
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Name : Mackie JV Blanton
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E-mail : buyurun7@yahoo.com
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Comments: MAY GOD GRANT YOU MANY YEARS
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Name : Martha Roldan
E-mail : keltyroldan@msn.com
Comments: Hello Nancy, Last week I visited the
monastery, spent 2 days sewing, stayed with Fr. Dennis and Pres.
Joan. Thanks for the MIDI and pdf files in preparation for the
coming feast days. Hoping to see you soon, Martha (from
Annunciation Church in Muskegon)
Name : Michael Foster
E-mail :
Comments: Thank you for all the effort in putting
this together. Its so helpful. God Bless.
Name : Angelo Lampousis
E-mail :
Comments: Dear Nancy and Stan, The very active
Fr. Christopher Metropulos of Orthodox Christian Network introduced
a new pod-cast series in collaboration with Cosmos FM and the Axion
Estin Foundation. Check the (top) news at the Axion Estin homepage:
http://www.axionestin.org
Answer: Thanks, Angelo, for all the hard work you put in on
these things.
Name : Felicia Dvornicky
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E-mail : pisankalady1024@yahoo.com
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Comments: I use your site a lot, because I have
to play the organ at St. Athanasios in Elmira, NY, even though I
can’t read music. I use one hand and write the letters over the
notes. I have problems when I don’t know the songs that we sing
once a year...like Easter. I only play and sing by ear, but I don’t
know what the songs sound like. I cry a lot.
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Name : Fr. Gregory Hohnholt
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E-mail : fathergh@gmail.com
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Comments: Fr. Stavros from Chattanouga, TN referred
me; Nice web site.
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Name : Dr. Peter Jermihov
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E-mail : pjermiho@triton.edu
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Comments: I am a trained musician/conductor who has
directed Russian Orthodox Church music for a long time. Now, I am
serving as a choir director in a Greek Orthodox Church. Your website
is wonderful and so, so helpful! Thank you! Reader Peter
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Name : Thespina Macres
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E-mail : choirdirectorz@comcast.net
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Comments: Thank you, thank you, needed hymns for
Holy Sat AM - high school chant group. PERFECT!! Blessed Triodion!
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Name : Stavrula Crafa
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E-mail : stavrula@crafa.com
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Comments: Great site. But I’m trying to find
English music for the hymn for St. Stefanos. Can anyone help me?
Thank you.
Answer: We do not have it here yet, but you can find one HERE.
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Name : philip xavier
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E-mail :
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Comments: Great work!! May God Almighty continue to
bless your ministry.
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Name : Emanuel Creekus
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E-mail : mcreekus@mindspring.com
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Comments: At a community Christmas concert, your
arrangements were a big hit! Will send you a message through your
Yahoo club.
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Name : Christine Kerxhalli
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E-mail : kerxhalli@aol.com
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Comments: I can’t tell you how helpful your website
has been to me. I am the A Cappella Choir Director at the
Annunciation in Rochester, New York and I use Nancy’s Three-Part
Harmony and New Byzantine Chant Divine Liturgy along with all your
other music availability.
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Name : Dennis
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E-mail : Dengreek@aol.com
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Comments: Just became aware of your site. What a great
resource! I really appreciate the midi files too. Keep up the
terrific work!
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Name : Nikolaos
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E-mail : Nikoinwinnipeg@msn.com
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Comments: Very great source of information and
chanting material that would otherwise cost lots of money. I have
been using your text in our church since Easter. Thank you!
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Name : Laura
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E-mail : hotshotsli@optonline.net
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Comments: What a beautiful & helpful site. I’ve
been looking for the Lord’s Prayer transliteration and found the
entire Liturgy transliterated! Thank You!
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Name : Rdr. John Paise
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E-mail : chefjohnp@hotmail.com
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Comments: Great Site! Gleaning lots of information.
Keep up the great work.
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Name : Fr. Anastasios Gounaris
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E-mail : father@holytrinityindy.org
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Comments: Dear Nancy and Stan, This site is a treasure
trove. May God bless and keep you both so that you may continue
performing this invaluable service for our Church. May you have a
meaningful Holy Week and a joyful Pascha. Fr. Taso Gounaris
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Name : J. Johnson
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E-mail : abcmom3@cox.net
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Comments: Thank-you, thank-you for this website! YOU
are AMAZING! It is FABULOUS! Everything I could ask for:) Joanne Johnson
Director, Sunday School Choir St. George Bethesda, MD.
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Name : George Lopos
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E-mail : glopos@bellsouth.net
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Comments: Is anyone publishing Roubanis typeset in
both Greek and English? The manuscripts are quaint, but they are
difficult to follow, and especially if the singer doesn’t read Greek.
Resetting them and translating it would be a great contribution to the
choir.
Answer: It’s on our “to do” list, but at 300 pages, it’s a
daunting task, especially a translation.
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Name : Fotini Yiangou
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E-mail : FrancesTGiagkou@aol.com
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Comments: Good site .. pretty informative .. need
more time to check it out more. Thank You. Ciao, Fotini
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Name : Lisette
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E-mail :
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Comments: Thank you. Very enthusiastic about this
special site. Congratulations!
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Name : Diane Trimis
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E-mail : dtrimis@hotmail.com
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Comments: Very informative. I got to the site via the
SE choir federation. Your site has been saved as a favorite. As a
convert, the more I learn, the more I know that I don’t know. Thanks.
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Name : George Manos
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E-mail : alex5154@aol.com
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Comments: Thank you for a super effort. George Manos,
Music Director, St. John the Theologian Cathedral, Tenafly, NJ
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Name : Joanne Johnson
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E-mail : abcmom3@cox.net
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Comments: Junior Choir director, St. George,
Bethesda, MD. THANK-YOU FOR THIS SITE!!!!!
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Name : Terry Kastanis
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E-mail : tkastanis@comcast.net
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Comments: Just made copies of your new Divine Liturgy,
Greek and English. You both did a wonderful job in pulling all this
info. together in one volume. Thank you very much. The Forum should
adopt it in total and quit this Oli Mazi stuff. Regards, Terry
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Name : Jan Adrian
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E-mail : jan.adrian@sbcglobal.net
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Comments: Just checking through my e-mail after the
convention and saw Vicki’s note about you and Nancy with your Website. So
I am checking it out - you did a great job. Again congratulations to both
of you on your award Saturday evening. Jan
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Name : Suzy Balasis
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E-mail : frazzledlib@gmail.com
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Comments: I’ve just begun exploring your website, but
I’m very impressed at what I’ve seen so far. Thank you for this
contribution to the hymnology and practice of such in the Orthodox Church
is America.
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Name : Scott Harrington
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E-mail : scotthster@gmail.com
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Comments: Dear friend, I am new to Orthodoxy: prayer, etc.
There is a lot to learn that is new. Such as the Ochtoechos, Book of
Eight Tones. Which English edition of this book would you recommend for
someone new to learning Orthodox Church hymns? Always, Scott Harrington
Answer: If you just need an English translation, you can find one
at: http://anastasis.org.uk/oktoich.htm
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Name : Steffi Tassos
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E-mail : Steffi@KeepSafeMusic.com
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Comments: Kali spera! I am a professional singer and
have been chanting for about 1 year now. My background is in popular
music - in particular, Gospel, R&B, and Country - so you can imagine
the challenges I face in trying to adapt my sound to the Byzantine style.
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Name : Timothy Douglas Alvey
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E-mail : alveydoug@hotmail.com
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Comments: A great resource you’ve got going here. I was
refered by the St. Anthony’s site when looking for a source for David
Melling’s work. I was a student at the recent Koukouzelis Institute
(organized by John Michael Boyer) where Fr. Ephraim (Lash) told me of Mr.
Melling’s book.
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Name : Archpriest Lawrence
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E-mail : lansingmelkite@aol.com
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Comments: XPICTOC ANECTI Very nice site. It was a
pleasure to meet you at our food festival.
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Name : Fr. Elias Drossos
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E-mail : frelia@bellnet.ca
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Comments: What wonderful work!! A great source of information
for those who wish to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for
Byzantine Music. Panta Axios!!
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Name : Jim Vardakis
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E-mail : ejv730@aol.com
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Comments: I just opened your website through Vicky. It
is very interesting. I will look further into it and let you know.
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Name : Presvytera Pat Tsagalakis
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E-mail : p.tsagalakis@comcast.net
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Comments: Nancy, Thank you so much for all of us at
Holy Apostles in Shoreline, WA. This morning our choir sang your
arrangement with great joy Let all Mortal Flesh - the entire congregation
was singing with us as it matched our Holy Week book translation. THANK
YOU!
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Name : george mazarakis
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E-mail : george@carteblanche.co.za
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Comments: Congratulations on your invaluable work and
thank you so very much! I run a small choir in Johannesburg, South Africa
at the Chapel of the Greek School, SAHETI. MANY, MANY THANKS!
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Joanne Patrick
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E-mail
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gabep@ptd.net
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Comments: Thank you
for your website. I am choir director of Holy Spirit OCA in Wantage, NJ. A
most joyous Pascha to you! JP
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christina
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Comments: Beautifully
done.
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vivi
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E-mail :
vivi_astefanei
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Comments:
Buna Ziua! Este foarte frumos si de buna calitate ceea ce am
gasit ca informatie pe acest sitte , ma bucur si sper sa afle si altii
despre dumneavoastra. Cu respect din Romania, Kassia
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Name
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Najeeb Haddad
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E-mail
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phati129@yahoo.com
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Comments: It’s a great
relief to find all these texts! God bless you.
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Name
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Lara Willingham
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E-mail
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larawillingham@yahoo.com
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Comments: Thank you so
much for publishing our beautiful Orthodox hymns with English texts and
Western notation! I am an American musician who converted to Orthodoxy 10
years ago. I enjoyed singing the beautiful hymns in the choir with our
accomplished well-trained director.
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Name
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Diana Ott
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E-mail
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dianaott@juno.com
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Comments: Dear Nancy
and Stan, Thanks for all the work you do on this web site; it is an
invaluable resource for Orthodox musicians. Nancy, you truly have an
amazing gift; your settings of hymns in English never fail to be graceful
and natural.
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Name
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Artemis Palios
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E-mail
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jpalios1@tampabay.rr.com
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Comments: Dear Nancy,
I enjoyed meeting you and Stanley in Milwaukee and enjoyed your workshops
too. I plan to use some of your arrangements with my choir—they’re
wonderful.
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Name
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George Dalagelis
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E-mail
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eleos3@verizon.net
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Comments: Dear Stan
& Nancy: It was nice meeting and chating with you in Nashville. I have
been using your material quite often and I am grateful for the bilingual
pieces. Any chance of having a complete Liturgy in Byzantine Chant First /
Plagal First Tone (D minor)?
Answer: The Plagal First liturgy
is now on the website.
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Name
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Stephen Reynolds
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E-mail
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stephen_r1937@yahoo.com
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Comments: Stan, there
is a lot of fine stuff here--thanks! I’m looking at your Name That Tone
essay, which I want to hand out to our parish group that is learning
Byzantine notation.
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Name
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stole
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E-mail
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mlsvk@yahoo.com
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Comments: Brothers, my
name is Stole. I am psalt. I love very much Byzantine music and I want a CD
from this company. I am poor man. I not have money. GOD WITH YOU.
Answer: We have not yet produced
a CD of the music here. Please refer to our MP3 page for free sound
recording downloads.
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Name
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Cathy
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