Abstract
Our comparative study of Moldavian and Ukrainian-Belarusian manuscripts showed that the 16th-century Moldavian Anthologies contain all attributed Greek chants from Ukrainian and Belarusian Heirmologia. In the process of working with the Greek repertoire, we found out that Protopsaltes Evstatie of Putna’s Greek-language Cherubic Song of the plagal of the first mode Οἱ τὰ Χερουβεὶμ was included in the cycle of the ‘Greek’ kalophonic cherubic songs along with the works of Byzantine composers Ioannes Glykys, Manuel Chrysaphes and Anthimos Lavriotes. To date, Evstatie’s Cherubic Song has been attributed in Supraśl, Kuteino, Lavriv and three Manyava Heirmologia.
Keywords
Kyiv exegesis, Moldavian Anthologies, Protopsaltes Evstatie of Putna’s Cherubic Song, Putna Music School, Ukrainian and Belarusian Heirmologia
