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BYZANTINE HYMN (Apolytikion) for St. DIMITRIOS arrangement for SATB choir
St. Dimitrios was born around 280-284 in Thessaloniki (N. Greece), and martyred under Roman Emperor Diocletian in ca 306. He had become a Roman army officer but was incarcerated after converting to Christianity. In prison he met with Nestor, a gladiator set out to fight the famous and feared Lyeos. Dimitrios gave Nestor his blessing who then won the fight, something that enraged Maximilian (then governor of the city and later emperor), and who then ordered the execution of both Nestor and Dimitrios. St. Dimitrios is the patron saint of Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece, which has, since its establishment in 315 BC, been the administrative center of the whole area.
duration: 3'25'
Phonetic transcription in the Latin alphabet is notated right below the original Greek text, English translation, and a key to Greek Pronunciation are provided on the title page.
The mp3 file provided is exported from the sibelius file.
For more information on the arranger, (member of TONO, the Norwegian copyright org.), please visit website www.zlatanou.net
As a Greek living in Norway for most of my adult life, and in my many years work as a conductor of a Norwegian choir specializing in Greek music (!), I have experienced the need to enrich the choirs repertoire with both folk song- as well as other -arrangements of Greek music: This gave me the opportunity to share with our audiences some of the centuries-long musical heritage, as well as helping me make known to them some of the History behind the music of a country of such international historical influence in the past, and such a tourist magnet in our times.
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