Studying the Theoretikon Mega tes Mousikesone can state, that the ambition of Chrysanthos of Madytos was to preserve the old Byzantine tradition to a certain extent, but also to take into account the development of liturgical music during the last three hundred years. With the alterations in liturgical chant, music theory had to be revised and to be based on a new fundament. Above it Chrysanthos was attempting to provide a Great Theory of [All] Music, reaching beyond the confines of Orthodox ecclesiastical chant to consider the origins of music and its development in other traditions.
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