Abstract.
Trifon G. Geropoulos: A preeminent representative of the Church Chanting Art in Magnesia.
The figure of Trifon G. Geropoulos (1914-ˇ‐2009), one of the top representatives of the Church Chanting Art in Magnesia, will be the focus of my paper at the current conference. Following his family tradition in the area of Byzantine music, he created versatile and multidimensional works of music art with fervent enthusiasm, diffusing and preserving the style of the Patriarchal Tradition of Constantinople, in Magnesia-ˇ‐ crossroads of chanting traditions. His modest disposition may have contributed to his not being nationally renowned. However, his signature is engraved on the pages of his works on the lecterns of his many disciples, who take pride in their teacher today. The main points of the presentation are the following: 1. Magnesia considered as a crossroads of chanting traditions (chanting traditions of Constantinople, Mount Athos, Smyrna), as well as of cultures, since refugees, Vlachs, Sarakatsanoi and other groups meet and create in this place. 2. Geropoulos music family. Presentation of the family tree and acquaintance with the persons serving the musical art. 3. Trifon Geropoulos’ multifaceted contribution (Teacher of the Chanting Art and morality, Composer, Hymnographer, Precentor). 4. His musical sources of knowledge and his relationship with other chanters. Geropoulos considered as a bridge for the diffusion and preservation of the style of Constantinople to his students, in Magnesia. The profound influences of the chanting style of Constantinople on his manuscripts’ setting to music, as a subject of research. 5. Presentation of Trifon Geropoulos’ surviving manuscripts. 6. Selective musicological analysis of his works, as typical examples of his compositional creation. 7. The musical family effect and its extensions to the members themselves and their native place. Their contribution to the music life of the region. 7. The present situation. Does his work still “survive”? 8. Living experience of Trifon Geropoulos’ work through a) interviews with his students and b) sound recordings. The current paper touches sciences from various fields (byzantine musicology, anthropology, ethnomusicology, sociology), so that an aspect of the Greek musical tradition can be deeply investigated regarding Magnesia, a province-ˇ‐ crossroads of chanting traditions and a musical creation centre.
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