CANTUS CATHOLICI (1655): THE FIRST SLOVAK-LATIN CATHOLIC HYMNBOOK

• Authors: Ladislav Kačic , Peter Žeňuch , Svorad Zavarský
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The Slovak-Latin Cantus Catholici hymnbook was an important means of Catholic renewal in Slovakia. This 17th-century printed book, of which only two copies are now extant, is a source of valuable information for the different fields of study. Up to now, research has concentrated mainly on the hymnological and liturgical aspects of the hymnbook. Our aim is to present a broader interdisciplinary view of Cantus Catholici by joining the different approaches of musicology, slavistics and Neo-Latin philology. Being a bilingual publication, the hymnbook provides a rich source for the study of Latin-vernacular relations. Another particularly interesting aspect of the hymnbook is the way in which it affected the para-liturgical chant tradition of the Byzantine-Slavonic church in Eastern Slovakia. The following text was presented at the poster session of the 15th Congress of the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies in Münster, Germany, 5–10 August 2012.

Keywords

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CANTUS CATHOLICI; CYRILLIC HYMNS; LATIN-SLOVAK; NEO-LATIN; CATHOLIC HYMNBOOK

• Publisher: Jan Stanislav Slavonic Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Matica Slovenska
• Journal: Slavica Slovaca
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 76 – 78

Contributors

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Ladislav Kačic

• Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava SAV, Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Peter Žeňuch

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Svorad Zavarský