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[QUOTE]Originally posted by alTakruri: [QB] Coptic Music: Value and Origins Article by: Ragheb Moftah Habashy, Head of the Coptic Music Department, Coptic Studies Institute, Cairo, Egypt (1958) Philo, the Alexandrian Jewish Philosoph who lived in the first century said "The first Christians took from the Ancient Egyptian Hymns & used it in their new worship" Whether they took it as is, adding a spiritual dimension or didn't take it, the Egyptian Art was still living and was still Egyptian Flesh & Blood. The Singary tune was named after Singar a city in the delta since Ramses II which became famous in the Coptic Aera. . . . . . Edriby Tune is probably named after Edribah the City whose Ancient temple was changed by Abba Shenuti to a church.. Copts used also to find a relation with the Coptic word "Eder Hipi" which means sorrowful. . . . The Egyptian Church arts & dogmas began to raise with the beginning of Christianity in Egypt.. The Egyptian Church has it's own four masses never used by any other church. . . . Certainly the Egyptian St.Basil Mass does belong to the Egyptian Church. It was used before the division of 451 (long before St.Basil the Great). St.Basil's Mass Music is pure Egyptian except the confession part & Confession Introduction they are Byzantine. This Byzantine part also belongs to the Egyptian Church since it has no brother in the Costantinople text except a small sentence. . . . The sorrowful hymns have a very strong influence.. No music in the whole world is similar. It seems that this special aspect did characterise Egypt since very old ages: Herodote who visited Egypt in 460 BC said in his book about Egypt section 79:"One thing I am wondering about, which is the source of the song called Linos. I think it is so old there, they call it Maniros. They say that Maniros was the only son of their very first King. He died very young so that they sang this sorrowful song for him. And that this song was the first one they had." In 1933, when more than 30 European Musician & Scientist heard these sorrowful songs, in the Music Conference held in Cairo, where I had the honour to be a member, a strong feeling mastered them.. I will never forget the "Singing Science" Professors in the Sorbone - Paris who asked Hegmn. Morcos Shenouda to repeat the Commemoration of Saints OVER 6 TIMES. Coptic Music is Not Arabic, Not Turkish, Not Byzantine & Not Western IT IS PURE ORIGINAL EGYPTIAN MUSIC. . . . Copts tend now to use western songs & hymns which are superficial in both structure & meaning.. It's music is repulsive with our Church's beautiful dogmas & hymns. What really hurts me & breaks my heart is that these songs did invade some of our Coptic Orthodox Church's atmosphere. which surely not appropriate with our father's spirit. So, dear Copts I urge you to preserve Your heritage & Your church's tradition.. Shenouda Mamdouh [/QB][/QUOTE]
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