Liturgical Music Resources
The Orthodox Musical Tradition is very rich with beauty and meaning. No two services in the same year are the same.
Still, our services are meant to be liturgies (works of the people) and not performances we attend and observe.
Thus, in hopes of encouraging our parish to become more involved in the music of the services, we have put together this page as a resource for our parishioners to prepare for our services throughout the year.
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Divine Liturgy
Divine Liturgy Booklet
PDF (text and music)
Great Litany
a. Tone 8, simplified: audio file
b. Antiochian (expanded): Sheet music, audio file
Only Begotten:
Audio file
Beatitudes, tone 5:
Sheet music, audio file
Trisagion, Tone 5 (Romanian melody):
Audio file
Cherubic Hymn, tone 5:
Sheet music, audio file
Anaphora, tone 5:
Sheet music, audio file
Hymn to the Theotokos:
a. Tone 5: sheet music, audio file
b. Tone 8: sheet music, audio file
Resurrectional Troparia BYZANTINE
Tone 1: PDF; audio file
Tone 2: PDF; audio file
Tone 3: PDF; audio file
Tone 4: PDF; audio file
Tone 5: PDF; audio file
Tone 6: PDF; audio file
Tone 7: PDF; audio file
Tone 8: PDF; audio file
Resurrectional Troparia OBIKHOD
PDF (all tones); audio file (all tones)
Kontakion of the Annunciation, tone 8:
Audio file
Vespers
Great Vespers as a Reader's Service:
PDF (text and music)
Beginner's formulae for the Byzantine tones:
PDF (text and music)
BLESSED IS THE MAN, tone 8:
PDF; audio file
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LORD, I HAVE CRIED (V. Hadjinikolaou, audio and music sheet):
Tone 1: PDF, audio file
Tone 2: PDF, audio file
Tone 3: PDF, audio file
Tone 4: PDF, audio file
Tone 5: PDF, audio file
Tone 6: PDF, audio file
Tone 7: PDF, audio file
Tone 8: PDF, audio file
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Lord, I have cried (B. Kazan sheet music):
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Gladsome Light (Byzantine, tone 2):
PDF, audio file
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Gladsome Light (Russian, by Dvoretsky):
PDF (text and music)
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PROKEIMENON for Saturday evening (Byzantine, tone 6):
PDF (text and music)
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PROKEIMENON for Saturday evening (Russian, tone 6):
PDF (text and music)
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Hymn of St. Symeon (Byzantine, tone 6):
PDF (text and music)
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Hymn of St. Symeon (Russian, by Archanghelsky):
PDF (text and music)
Orthros (Matins)
Sunday Orthros (Matins), text and music:
PDF (text and music)
Doxology, tone 1:
PDF (text and music)
Sheet Music for the singing of Psalms
Psalm 1-3, tone 8: PDF
Psalm 22, tone 5; PDF
Psalm 33, tone 1: PDF
Psalm 102, Russian tone 1: PDF
Psalm 145, Russian tone 1: PDF
Psalm 135, tone 5: PDF
Psalm 135, multiple tones: PDF
Psalm Composite of Thanksgiving, tone 5: PDF
Psalm 148+149, tone 3: PDF
Great Lent, Great Week, & Pascha
GREAT LENT:
Text and music for Week 2
PDF (text and music)
Lenten Litany, tone 5
PDF (text and music)
Now the Powers (the Cherubic Hymn for Presanctified Liturgy), tone 5
PDF (text and music)
OR: an alternative, a very, very simple version
PDF (text and music)
O, Taste and See, tone 5
PDF (text and music)
HOLY WEEK:
Alleluia + Behold the Bridegroom + When the Glorious Disciples + Bridal Chamber:
PDF (text and music)
Audio file (Behold the Bridegroom)
Audio file (When the Glorious Disciples)
The Twelve Passion Gospels:
PDF (text and music)
Joseph with Nicodemus:
PDF, audio file
The Noble Joseph:
PDF, audio file
Let us bless Joseph:
PDF (text and music)
Lamentations:
Audio file (First Stasis)
Audio file (Second Stasis)
Audio file (Third Stasis)
PASCHA:
Paschal Stichera ("Let God Arise"):
Znameny Chant PDF, audio file
Paschal Troparion ("Christ is Risen!"):
Audio file (Byzantine)
Audio file (Russian)
Audio file(Romanian)
The Day of Resurrection:
PDF (text and music)
Akathist, "Glory to God for All Things" Canon:
Additional Resources in Orthodox Music
BYZANTINE
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http://www.homb.org/resources/music/sheet-music/divine-liturgy.php
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Antiochian Liturgical Music Library: http://www.antiochian.org/music/library
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The Divine Music Project (St. Anthony Monastery): http://stanthonysmonastery.org/music/Index.html
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The Byzantine Choir of St. George Cathedral in Pittsburgh: http://www.byzantinechant.org/
RUSSIAN FOUR-PART HARMONY
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St. John's in NW Arkansas (a treasure trove!): http://www.ocanwa.org/liturgical-resources
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OCA Diocese of the West: http://dowoca.org/liturgical_music.html
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Antiochian Liturgical Music Library: http://www.antiochian.org/music/library