Download or read book Byzantine Neumes written by Christian Troelsgård and published by Museum Tusculanum. This book was released on 2011 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval chant of Byzantium is but little-known, although a large body of music has been preserved in neumatic notation. This book discusses such topics as chant transmission before the neumes, the varieties of Byzantine musical notations, words and music in Byzantine chant, and Byzantine and Western neu-matic notations, modes and melody.