Russian part singing polyphony to the XVII-n XVIII century

The study and publication are devoted to the large liturgical cycles of V. Fitov, an outstanding masters of a part of the late XVII - early XVIII century. The first complete edition of the six services of God for 3, 4 and 8 votes demonstrates the wealth of the composer"s creative plans, the originality of its composite ideas, harmonic and polyphonic thinking. The publication was carried out on the basis of numerous handwritten copies of the services of God, stored in Russia and abroad, is equipped with a detailed description of archival sources and comments.
The publication is addressed to both specialists-musicians and lovers of Russian church singing, as well as cholar conduirs, resents, singers, all interested in the history of domestic musical art