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'''Idiomelon''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: ''idio'', "unique" + ''melon'', "melody"; [[Church Slavonic]]: ''samoglasen'')—pl. ''idiomela''—is a [[sticheron]] which originally had it's own tune, and did not follow that of any other.<ref>Fr. Laurence (Campbell), ed., ''The Unabbreviated Horologion or Book of the Hours'', 2nd Ed. (Brick, NJ:Yes Press, 1995), p 328.</ref> | '''Idiomelon''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: ''idio'', "unique" + ''melon'', "melody"; [[Church Slavonic]]: ''samoglasen'')—pl. ''idiomela''—is a [[sticheron]] which originally had it's own tune, and did not follow that of any other.<ref>Fr. Laurence (Campbell), ed., ''The Unabbreviated Horologion or Book of the Hours'', 2nd Ed. (Brick, NJ:Yes Press, 1995), p 328.</ref> | ||
| − | An idiomelon is is assigned to one of the [[eight tones]] of [[Byzantine chant]], is not patterned on any other hymn in terms of [[w:Meter (hymn)|meter]], content, or melody. It melodically follows the schema of the tone and yet is usually eccentric in its metre. | + | An idiomelon is is assigned to one of the [[eight tones]] of [[Byzantine chant]], is not patterned on any other hymn in terms of [[w:Meter (hymn)|meter]], content, or melody, and do not serve as models or patterns for other hymns of the same textual category. These include, for example, stichera of the Resurrection, stichera of Great Feasts, etc It melodically follows the schema of the tone and yet is usually eccentric in its metre. |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Automelon]] | ||
*[[w:Idiomelon|Wikipedia: Idiomelon]] | *[[w:Idiomelon|Wikipedia: Idiomelon]] | ||
*[[Sticheron]] | *[[Sticheron]] | ||
Revision as of 11:52, May 3, 2011
Idiomelon (Greek: idio, "unique" + melon, "melody"; Church Slavonic: samoglasen)—pl. idiomela—is a sticheron which originally had it's own tune, and did not follow that of any other.[1] An idiomelon is is assigned to one of the eight tones of Byzantine chant, is not patterned on any other hymn in terms of meter, content, or melody, and do not serve as models or patterns for other hymns of the same textual category. These include, for example, stichera of the Resurrection, stichera of Great Feasts, etc It melodically follows the schema of the tone and yet is usually eccentric in its metre.
Notes
- Jump up ↑ Fr. Laurence (Campbell), ed., The Unabbreviated Horologion or Book of the Hours, 2nd Ed. (Brick, NJ:Yes Press, 1995), p 328.
