Historico-musicological Aspects of K. A. Psachos's Archive
Authors : Achilleas Chaldæakes, Socrates Loupas, Evangelia Chaldæaki
Pages : 187-239
Doi:10.33906/musicologist.986502
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Publication Date : 2021-12-31
Article Type : Research
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, Psachos’s archive, Byzantine notation manuscripts, Panharmonium organ