steve@puluka.comPublished in Allentown, PA in 1946
Sokol sought to provide these collections of chant for the cantor that increasing could not read the Cyrillic alphabet. These volumes are aimed at the increasing numbers of American born cantors who could still sing the services but were not schooled in the Rusyn written language and thus could not read the Cyrillic. The book is in Transliterated Church Slavonic in western music notation.
Towards this end of cantor education this first volume has a brief section on the proper pronunciation of the slavonic letters used in the transliteration scheme. This transliteration also reflects the softer pronunciation common in the transcarpathians rather than the Russian sounds for the same.
Sokol Plain Chant Full Download 3.5 Megs
The title pages and contents:
Pronunciation
Part I – Divine Liturgy
Part II – Vespers
Part III – Holy Matrimony
Part IV – Easter Matins
Part V – Hymns
Bibliographic Information
Sokol, Andrew. Plain chant : for the use of Catholics of the Byzantine-Slavonic rite. Allentown, PA: Privately Published, 1946.
Soft Cover 7.5″ wide 10.25″ high 94 pages. Western notation with transliterated Church Slavonic. Known as the Sokol “Blue Book” due to the color of the cover
Library of Saint Cyril & Methodius — M 2160.79 S6 1946 — Not yet entered into on-line Catalog
Originally Posted December 02, 2010
Last Revised on December 02, 2010
