Historico-musicological Aspects of K. A. Psachos`s Archive

Authors : Achilleas CHALDÆAKES, Socrates LOUPAS, Evangelia CHALDÆAKİ

Pages : 187-239

Doi:10.33906/musicologist.986502

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Publication Date : 2021-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this paper is to present some historico-musicological aspects of the archive of K. A. Psachos. It brings to light some of the obscure or lesser-known aspects of his biography, his oeuvre and his general activities following his three major life events: his upbringing, education and vocational training in Istanbul, his relocation and professional establishment in Athens and the realization of a lifetime goal, the construction of a Byzantine Music pipe organ in Munich. The article is illustrated with digitized archive material and supplemented by transcriptions of K. A. Psachos’s handwritten Byzantine Notation, epistles and notes in Greek.
Keywords : Konstantinos Psachos, Greek Ecclesiastical Music, Psachoss archive, Byzantine notation manuscripts, Panharmonium organ