This important series of conference proceedings each contain more than 50 articles on a range of topics. At every conference there was at least one panel on liturgical polyphony, which will be listed in the Table of Contents. The proceedings are published on the Tbilisi Conservatory affiliate website, www.polyphony.ge. As this website might be difficult to navigate, the links below point directly to the download pages for each download page.

• 2002 Proceedings (download pdf)
• 2004 Proceedings (download pdf)
• 2006 Proceedings (download pdf)
• 2008 Proceedings (download pdf)
• 2010 Proceedings (download pdf)
• 2012 Proceedings (download pdf)
• 2014 Proceedings (download pdf)
• 2016 Proceedings (download pdf)
• 2018 Proceedings (download pdf)

 

Introductions to chant books

• Erkvanidze: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Gelati and Shemokmedi Schools. Vol. V, (2009)
• Erkvanidze: The Lenten Triodion and Pentecostarian Chants. Vol. IV, (2006)
• Erkvanidze: Chants of the Twelve Movable and Immovable Feasts. 2nd Edition, Vol. II, (2008)
• Shugliashvili: Kartuli Saeklesio Galoba, Shemokmedis Skola. 2nd Edition, ed. Davit Shugliashvili (from Artem Erkomaishvili’s Recordings). V. Sarajishvili State Conservatoire, Tbilisi, Georgia, (2006)

 

John A. Graham Academic Publications

See more about Graham’s research at www.johnagraham.com.

• “Georgian Primary Sources: An Analysis of Chant Manuscript Q-684,” Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony. V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory Press, Tbilisi, Georgia, (2020): (Georgian and English).

• “Orthodox Paschal Cycle,” introductory essay for the Anchiskhati Choir compact disk recording that accompanied their eponymous US Tour (2016).

• “The Rediscovery of Zakaria Paliashvili’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom,” co-authored with Parker Jayne. American Choral Review, Vol. 56, No. 1. 2014: 1-10.

• “Without Parallel: Voice Crossing and Textual Rhythm in West-Georgian Chant,” Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Orthodox Church Music. Joensuu Theological Center, Joensuu, Finland, (2013): 164-177

• “Ivliane Nikoladze: the Alternate Redacteur of the Georgian Heirmoi,” Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony. V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory Press, Tbilisi, Georgia, (2012): 425-446 (Georgian and English).

• “The Role of Memory in the Transmission of Georgian Chant,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony. V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory Press, Tbilisi, Georgia, (2010): 498-515 (Georgian and English).

• “Maxime Sharadze: Transcriptions and Publication in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Georgian Chant Preservation Movement,” Sacred Music Series: Issues in Musicology. V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory Press, Tbilisi, Georgia, (2007): 98-106 (Georgian).

• “You Are the Vineyard, Newly Blossomed: Contemporary Performance Aesthetics in Georgian Orthodox Chant,” Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Orthodox Church Music. Joensuu Theological Center, Joensuu, Finland, (2006): 256-266.

 

Graham other publications

• Review:Funeral Chants from the Caucasus, 1991 documentary film by Hugo Zemp; reviewed by John A. Graham, in Ethnomusicology 53 (2), 2009

• “Bodbe Monastery, Keepers of the Chant,” published by the Messenger, Tbilisi, Georgia, April 4th, 2006

• “An Adventure to Vashlovani State Park,” published by VillageHarmony.org in 2006