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734 pages, 60 Mb - St. Anthony's Monastery

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About the TranslationOUR previous book with music for the Divine Liturgies contained both Elizabethan andModern English versions of each hymn. This book for Vespers, however, containshymns only in Elizabethan English. We decided to compose music only for this style ofEnglish because several others have already set these hymns to music using a Modern Englishtranslation. 16 All the texts 17 used for the hymns in this publication are copyrighted by the HolyTransfiguration <strong>Monastery</strong> in Brookline, Massachusetts, and are used with their kind permission.We chose their Elizabethan English translation because many people throughout theworld hold their liturgical translations in high regard due to their precision, meter, and elegance.16 In particular, Hieromonk Seraphim Dedes has set to Byzantine music all troparia of the Octoechos for SaturdayVespers and Sunday Orthros. His works are available at: http://sgpm.goarch.org/<strong>Monastery</strong>/index.php?p=31Others who have set these troparia to Byzantine music using a Modern English translation include: Dr. JessicaSuchy-Pilalis, John Michael Boyer, and Andrew Gorny.17 The only text in this book that is our own translation is the text for the apolytikia of the Resurrection.

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