A Sacrifice of Praise: A Hymnal for the Divine Liturgy. Volume 1: First Mode. By Gabriel Cremeens

By popular demand! Gabriel Cremeens’ A Sacrifice of Praise: A Hymnal for the Divine Liturgy collects the full text of the Divine Liturgy, including the clergy’s petitions and prayers, with scores for the Sunday variables for First Mode, in both Greek and English on facing pages. Employing the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America’s complete English text of the Divine Liturgy as published in 2018, A Sacrifice of Praise features classical compositions by historic and living Greek composers and classical-style chants in English by a range of living composers. This easy-to-use volume that will carry the singer throughout the entire Divine Liturgy on a First Mode Sunday.

Ideal for English-language and bilingual (Greek-English) parishes, Volume I is the first of a planned series of eight volumes, one for each mode, with matching staff notation editions as well.

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“…traditional Byzantine melodies… simple but not simplistic, beautiful but not excessively intricate, and accessible but not boring.”

—Gabriel Cremeens

“I am excited and overjoyed that Byzantine music in its most beautiful and traditional form is now becoming accessible to the English-speaking world with publications like this one… My hope and prayer are that people throughout the world will take advantage of this landmark publication to incorporate the music of the saints in their churches, so that we, too, may join the choir of the saints.”

—Hieromonk Ephraim

Highlights:

English scores recorded on companion recording: A Sacrifice of Praise: The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom in the First Mode by Dynamis Byzantine Ensemble
- CD
- YouTube
- Spotify
- Apple Music
Greek and English text and scores on facing pages
Complete scores for Sunday variables in First Mode – Resurrectional apolytikion, Trisagion, Cherubikon, Leitourgika, Megalynarion, Communion Verse
Complete scores for fixed sections in most common modes
Complete 2018 GOA English DL text, complete “script”
English Psalm texts by Nicholas Roumas
Classically composed repertoire in Greek and English, including standard Greek settings and comparable English settings
Greek diction guide and transliterated texts
2 choir rubrics

Details:

Durable leatherette hardcover with beautiful gold foil stamping
Elegant book design by Fr. Patrick O’Rourke (Byzantine Chant: The Recieved Tradition, Mysteries: Byzantine Chant for Orthodox Sacraments)
Two Page Ribbon Markers
Byzantine Notation.
Foreword by Hieromonk Ephraim.
Introduction by the author.
Preface by the Rev. Fr. John (Igor) Zirojević.
8.5”x11”. 2.32lbs. 264pp.
Includes English compositions by:
- Ioannis Arvanitis
- John Michael Boyer
- The Rev. Fr. John Bullock
- Gabriel Cremeens
- Chris Gianopoulos
- Samuel Herron
- Phillip Carl Phares
- Nicholas Roumas
Includes Greek compositions by:
- Ioannis Arvanitis (Ἰωάννης Ἀρβανίτης)
- Panagiotis Chrysaphes the New (Παναγιώτης Χρυσάφης ὁ Νέος, 17th century)
- Monk Dositheos the Blind of Katounakia (Δοσίθεος Μοναχὸς Κατουνακιώτης ὁ Τύφλος, +1991)
- Gregorios Protopsaltis (Γρηγόριος Πρωτοψάλτης, +1822)
- Hieromonk Hierotheos of Philotheou (Ἱερόθεος ἱερόμοναχος ὁ Φιλοθεΐτης)
- Ioannis Protopsaltis (Ἰωάννης Πρωτοψάλτης ὁ Βυζάντιος, +1866)
- Agathangelos Kyriazidis (Ἀρχάγγελος Κυριαζίδης, +1913)
- Manuel Protopsaltis (Μανουὴλ Πρωτοψάλτης, +1819)
- Vasilios Nikolaidis (Βασίλειος Νικολαΐδης, +1985)
- Petros Peloponnesios (Πέτρος Λαμπαδάριος ὁ Πελοποννήσιος, +1778)
- Konstantinos Pringos (Κωνσταντίνος Πρίγγος, +1964)