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Prostopinije > Styles of singing

Prostopinije: Styles of Singing

Introduction.

One voice - solo Singing

A group of voices - choral / congregational singing

One voice and a group of voices - responsorial singing

Two groups of voices - antiphonal singing

Text.

Mixed responsorial / antiphonal singing

The role of harmony

The role of choirs

Text.

Recommended Reading

• von Gardner, Johann. "Several Observations on Congregational Chanting during the Divine Services" (Liberty, TN: St. John of Kronstadt Press, n.d.). Two articles, originally published in 1969, which describe the congregational singing of prostopinije in Carpatho-Russia between the First and Second World Wars, based on von Gardner's own recollections.
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