MANUFACTURED NEUMATIAN RECORDS OF KOZMA PRECHISTANSKI FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY: CULTURAL-HISTORICAL, ARCHEOGRAPHIC AND MUSICOLOGICAL FOLLOW-UPS

Abstract

Macedonian paleomusicologists – Byzantologists have repeatedlyemphasized that the process of discovering handwritten
musical records, collections and old printed books on the territory of Macedonia is still not over. Confirmation of this conclusion about the sustainability of the concern to uncover the Macedonian church music heritage, is the scientific publication of the previously unknown Neumatian manuscript from the beginning of the 20th century
by the Debar Exarchate Metropolitan Kozma Prechistanski, which was preserved in the family archive of the Bigorsk abbot – Archimandrite Partenija. The manuscript was handed over by the Gavrilovski family in Kichevo to Prof. Ilija Velev, who together with the Macedonian paleomusicologist Prof. Jane Kodzhabashija carried out cultural-
historical, archeographic and musicological research. Their joint research contribution is a contribution to this scientific work. It should be noted that the cultural-historical and archeographic research is a contribution of Prof. Ilija Velev, and the expert musicological analysis followed by comparative observations is the work of Prof. Jane Kodzhabashija. Of course, in both research aspects there was an exchange of expert experiences between the two authors.