To help preserve and spread AUTHENTIC Psaltiki (Ecclesiastic "Byzantine" Music) in ALL languages of the world, according to the LAST credible psaltic standard which is Iakovos NAFPLIOTIS, and according to the scores of the THREE teachers and their direct disciples (which are the ONLY scores officially accepted by the Church of Greece), the only permitted developments being those transcribed by Angelos BOUDOURIS, late first Domestichos.

NO OTHER theory is permitted, yet they WILL ALL be freely and SCIENTIFICALLY refuted, especially as concerns MODERN interpretations of Paleographic neumes, followers of which are welcome to join the byzantinechant forum so as to express their opinions without interference by this list's moderator.

Members must abide by the patriarchal methodology of apprenticeship as transmitted by Stylianos TSOLAKIDIS Protocanonarchos of Iakovos, and his disciple GKM.

Language = English;
Owner and Moderator = Georgios K. MICHALAKIS (GKM).

For recordings (about 5 hours = almost 100 one-sided 78 rpm plates (3 minutes per side), generously provided to GKM by the late Teacher Constantinos KATSOULIS {his 70 hour teaching tapes [1 DVD] of Exercises as well as the Anastasimatarion and other festal hymns, are HIGHLY recommended):

http://www.analogion.com/

(follow "Iakovos Nafpliotis" links)

and

http://graeca.mrezha.net/upload/MontrealPsaltiki/

http://graeca.mrezha.net/upload/MontrealPsaltiki/GKM.htm


About Simon Karas (and, by extension, his "followers"):

Angelos Boudouris in "Musicological Memoirs"
(passages Summarised by Dr. Dim. Koubaroulis)

473

"The teacher [IN] has formed the opinion that Karas is an intellectual man
("logios")

with a desire to work on the matters of our music,

of which music he happens to be a fan and supporter
("thiaswtis kai hyposthrikths"),

even though he is NOT ACQUAINTED with it
("an kai den thn gnwrizei").