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2 unusual facts about Romanos the Melodist


Romanos the Melodist

The scene of Romanos's first performance is often shown in the lower register of Pokrov icons (example above).

His Kontakion of the Nativity is still considered to be his masterpiece, and up until the twelfth century, it was sung every year at the imperial banquet on that feast by the joint choirs of Hagia Sophia and of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.



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