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Ethiopian Christian Liturgical Chant: An Anthology

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Divinity Atlas. "Ethiopian Christian Liturgical Chant: An Anthology." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/ethiopian-christian-liturgical-chant-an-anthology.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Ethiopian Christian Liturgical Chant: An Anthology. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/ethiopian-christian-liturgical-chant-an-anthology

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@misc{divinityatlas-ethiopian-christian-liturgical-chant-an,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Ethiopian Christian Liturgical Chant: An Anthology},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/ethiopian-christian-liturgical-chant-an-anthology},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Kay Kaufman Shelemay and Peter Jeffery's study is a specialist musicological and liturgical documentation of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo chant and the Ge'ez script it is notated and sung in, built from direct musicological transcription and analysis of the chant tradition itself. That focused, technical documentation is the study's real evidentiary basis and also its stated limit: it is a study of chant and script specifically, not a general history of the Ethiopian or Eritrean Orthodox churches. This record has not independently traced further scholarly response since 1993. Use it for established scholarly facts about Ethiopian Orthodox chant and the Ge'ez alphabet as used liturgically.

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Kay Kaufman Shelemay and Peter Jeffery's scholarly study of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo liturgical chant and the Ge'ez script it is notated and sung in; a specialist musicological and liturgical study, not a general history of the Ethiopian or Eritrean Orthodox churches.

Notes

Kay Kaufman Shelemay and Peter Jeffery's scholarly study of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo liturgical chant and the Ge'ez script it is notated and sung in. Use for established scholarly facts about Ethiopian Orthodox chant and the Ge'ez alphabet as used liturgically; a specialist musicological and liturgical study, not a general history of the Ethiopian or Eritrean Orthodox churches.

Citation

Author

Kay Kaufman Shelemay and Peter Jeffery

Publisher

A-R Editions

Publication Year

1993

Source Type

Scholarly work

Claims Backed By This Source (122 claims)

This source backs 122 claims across the atlas. As facts: 66 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 18 holds, 1 held Differently. Plus 35 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Alphabet Letters, 52 claims: 26 well-attested, 26 general references.
Denominations, 13 claims: 4 well-attested, 6 holds, 1 held Differently, 2 general references.
Articles, 9 claims: 9 well-attested.
Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 9 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 1 general references.
Figures, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 1 general references.
Sacred Sound, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
Sacred Dances, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
Languages, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
Religions, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.