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The country's musical traditions spread with its people to countries like <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a>. The people of Belarus were exposed mostly to Russian pop music during this period and also after independence in 1991. In 2002, however, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Belarus" title="President of Belarus">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko" title="Alexander Lukashenko">Alexander Lukashenko</a> has signed a decree requiring 50% of all <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM</a> broadcast music to be Belarusian in origin, and since 1 January 2005 the rule has been even stricter (75% of music broadcast each day must be Belarusian). 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title="Category:Belarusian people">a series</a> on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="font-size:175%; line-height:1.0em; padding-bottom:0.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Belarusians" title="Belarusians">Belarusians</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image" style="border:none; padding:0.6em 0.4em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Belarus_(2020%E2%80%93present).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Coat_of_arms_of_Belarus_%282020%E2%80%93present%29.svg/160px-Coat_of_arms_of_Belarus_%282020%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Coat_of_arms_of_Belarus_%282020%E2%80%93present%29.svg/240px-Coat_of_arms_of_Belarus_%282020%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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cuisine">Cuisine</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em 0; border-top:1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Belarusians" title="Belarusians">By regions</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding:0 0.4em 0.6em; border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belarusians_in_Russia" title="Belarusians in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusians_in_Ukraine" title="Belarusians in Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Belarusian American">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_minority_in_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Belarusian minority in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Australian_people_of_Belarusian_descent" title="Category:Australian people of Belarusian descent">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusians_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Belarusians in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a 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Jews in Belarus">Belarusian Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainians" title="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusyns" title="Rusyns">Rusyns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cossacks" title="Cossacks">Cossacks</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em 0; border-top:1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Belarus" title="Religion in Belarus">Religion</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding:0 0.4em 0.6em; border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Orthodox_Church" title="Belarusian Orthodox Church">Belarusian Orthodox Church</a> <ul><li>also <a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Autocephalous_Orthodox_Church" title="Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church">Autocephalous</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Belarus" title="Catholic Church in Belarus">Catholic Church in Belarus</a> <ul><li>also <a 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Prior to that, <a href="/wiki/Skomorokh" title="Skomorokh">skomorokhs</a> were the major profession for musicians. A <a href="/wiki/Neumatic_chant" class="mw-redirect" title="Neumatic chant">neumatic chant</a>, called <a href="/wiki/Znamenny" class="mw-redirect" title="Znamenny">znamenny</a>, from the word 'znamia', meaning sign or neume, used until the 16th century in Orthodox church music, followed by two hundreds of stylistic innovation that drew on the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Protestant Reformation</a>. In the 17th century, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Partesnoe_penie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Partesnoe penie (page does not exist)">Partesnoe penie</a>, part singing, became common for choruses, followed by private theaters established in cities like <a href="/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vitebsk" title="Vitebsk">Vitebsk</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prehistoric_Times">Prehistoric Times</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Prehistoric Times"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first musical instruments appeared in territories adjacent to Belarus as early as the <a href="/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic">Paleolithic era</a>. Tools made from mammoth bones, showing marks of rhythmic strikes—considered by some researchers to be primitive musical instruments used to create rhythmic sounds during magical rituals associated with hunting—have been discovered near the villages of Mezin in the <a href="/wiki/Chernihiv_Oblast" title="Chernihiv Oblast">Chernihiv region</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horodok,_Rivne_Raion" title="Horodok, Rivne Raion">Horodok</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Rivne_Oblast" title="Rivne Oblast">Rivne region</a>, and Kostenki in the <a href="/wiki/Voronezh_Oblast" title="Voronezh Oblast">Voronezh region</a>. </p><p>The earliest musical instruments on Belarusian territory were found at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dubakray_settlement&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dubakray settlement (page does not exist)">Dubakray settlement</a> near Lake Sennitsa, on the border of <a href="/wiki/Vitebsk_Region" title="Vitebsk Region">Vitsyebsk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pskov_Oblast" title="Pskov Oblast">Pskov</a> regions. Two bone flutes discovered there were straight tubes with five sound holes. Excavations of the <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> settlement of Asavets (<a href="/wiki/Beshankovichy_District" title="Beshankovichy District">Beshankovichy district</a>) uncovered a fragment of a <a href="/wiki/Reed_pipe" title="Reed pipe">reed pipe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Zhaleika" title="Zhaleika">zhaleyka</a>) made from the bone of a small bird. These finds are dated to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Similar discoveries include whistles made from the leg bones of a stork at the Kamyen settlement (Pinsk district). </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> (3rd–early 1st millennium BCE), multibarreled flutes were already known. Some examples were found in monuments of the <a href="/wiki/Lusatian_culture" title="Lusatian culture">Lusatian culture</a>, which was widespread in <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Poland" title="Kingdom of Poland">Poland</a> and the southwestern regions of Belarus. </p><p>From the <a href="/wiki/Early_Iron_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Iron Age">early Iron Age</a> (7th century BCE–5th century CE), bone pipes and whistles have been found, such as those discovered at the Horani hillfort (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Smorgon_district&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Smorgon district (page does not exist)">Smorgon district</a>). These instruments were carefully crafted, with both ends of the bones neatly cut at right angles and holes drilled along the sides. A similar pipe from the 12th–13th centuries was found in <a href="/wiki/Slutsk" title="Slutsk">Slutsk</a>. </p><p>The origins of Belarusian musical art can be traced back to the folk creativity of the <a href="/wiki/East_Slavs" title="East Slavs">Eastern Slavs</a>. The first professional musicians included <i><a href="/wiki/Skomorokh" title="Skomorokh">skomorokhi</a></i> (wandering minstrels), instrumentalists (players of <a href="/wiki/Lyre" title="Lyre">lyres</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bagpipes" title="Bagpipes">bagpipes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gusli" title="Gusli">gusli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cymbal" title="Cymbal">cymbals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violins</a>, and others), as well as church and monastery musicians. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancient_Music">Ancient Music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ancient Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The development of ancient professional musical art in Belarus is closely linked to the <a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Kievan_Rus%27" title="Christianization of Kievan Rus'">Christianization</a> process. This facilitated the assimilation of <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_music" title="Byzantine music">Byzantine spiritual music</a>, influencing genres of church chants such as the <a href="/wiki/Antiphon" title="Antiphon">antiphon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irmos" title="Irmos">irmos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Troparion" title="Troparion">troparion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canon_(music)" title="Canon (music)">canon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sticheron" title="Sticheron">sticheron</a>. These chants were performed in a <a href="/wiki/Monophony" title="Monophony">monophonic</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Cappella" class="mw-disambig" title="Cappella">cappella</a> manner, and the accompanying musical terminology also reflected these influences. Church choral culture was indirectly shaped by folklore traditions, especially linguistic prosody, which later influenced secular music. Over time, the foundations of musical professionalism emerged. Original <a href="/wiki/Old_Belarusian" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Belarusian">Old Belarusian</a> chant forms were recorded using medieval neumatic notation in handwritten collections, predominantly monastic. </p><p>A connection with broader European folk traditions in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> is evident in the activities of <i>skamarochy</i>—wandering professional performers whose art synthesized various forms. They were musicians (playing <i>husli</i>, bagpipes, recorders, drums, reed pipes, shawms, later violins, and cymbals), singers, acrobats, gymnasts, illusionists, and animal trainers who performed in town squares, villages, castles, taverns, and other venues. Notable among them were <i>skamarochy-damračei</i> (performers of historical songs and epics accompanied by the <i><a href="/wiki/Domra" title="Domra">domra</a></i>), and <i>skamarochy-paciesniki</i> (entertainers who performed dramatic, comedic, and satirical scenes, pantomimes, dances, and more). As carriers of oral poetic and musical folk traditions, they participated in various folk rituals and festivals. </p><p>The origins of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox</a> music among the Eastern Slavs can be traced to Byzantine and <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bulgaria" title="Music of Bulgaria">Bulgarian church music</a>, which arrived in Belarus with Christianity. The 10th–14th centuries were marked by the adaptation of Byzantine <a href="/wiki/Hymnography" class="mw-redirect" title="Hymnography">hymnography</a> to local conditions. <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> played a significant role in ancient Eastern Christian worship in Belarus, and Byzantine church music was assimilated, while original forms of <a href="/wiki/Neume" title="Neume">neumatic notation</a> and an <i><a href="/wiki/Octoechos_(liturgy)" title="Octoechos (liturgy)">oktoichos</a></i> system with its characteristic set of chants were developed. This period also saw the establishment of single-voiced Orthodox liturgical singing, where the dominant role was given to the text of the <a href="/wiki/Hymn" title="Hymn">hymns</a>. From the late 10th century, notable singing schools in Belarus included the <a href="/wiki/Polotsk" title="Polotsk">Polack</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vitebsk" title="Vitebsk">Viciebsk</a> schools (established in 992), <a href="/wiki/Smolensk" title="Smolensk">Smalensk</a> (1001), and <a href="/wiki/Turov,_Belarus" title="Turov, Belarus">Turau</a> (1005). Initially, the practical theory of singing art and its semiography involved the use of non-linear notation symbols, church statutes (<i>ustavy</i>), service books, and <i>padobniki</i> (the first practical singing manuals). By the 14th century, a system of <i><a href="/wiki/Znamenny_chant" title="Znamenny chant">znamenny</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Neume" title="Neume">neumatic</a>) notation had taken shape. In the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania" title="Grand Duchy of Lithuania">Grand Duchy of Lithuania</a>, traditions of Old Rus' znamenny chant were initially preserved. </p><p>The 15th century saw the flourishing of Orthodox singing culture in Belarus. Authors of hymns and compilers of handwritten musical collections (<i>irmalohy</i>) began to be recorded. Early singing alphabets appeared, the number of <i>znamenny</i> signs increased, and the tonal range expanded toward higher notes. Diverse melodies and musical terminology developed, while local differences in chanting styles deepened. Belarusian hymnography became closely tied to <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk-song</a> creativity and everyday culture. Original znamenny chants emerged and became widespread in the singing practice of the 15th–16th centuries, documented in handwritten collections like the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprasl_Irmaloh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Suprasl Irmaloh (page does not exist)">Suprasl Irmaloh</a></i> (1598–1601). <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Greece" title="Music of Greece">Greek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bulgaria" title="Music of Bulgaria">Bulgarian</a>, and Serbian chants were widely used, while the semantics of non-linear notation were reinterpreted. Square linear notation arose as Old Rus' chant transitioned to a new <a href="/wiki/Western_musical_notation" class="mw-redirect" title="Western musical notation">Western European</a> level and <a href="/wiki/Polyphony" title="Polyphony">polyphonic</a> recording systems. During this period, Belarusian hymnography gradually diverged from the norms of the <i>oktoichos</i> system. Spiritual chants (<i><a href="/wiki/Chant" title="Chant">kanty</a></i>) and <a href="/wiki/Psalms" title="Psalms">psalms</a> began to develop, recorded in early handwritten <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kantsianaly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kantsianaly (page does not exist)">kantsianaly</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahah%C5%82asniki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bahahłasniki (page does not exist)">bahahłasniki</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/Catechism" title="Catechism">catechisms</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_of_the_16th–18th_Centuries"><span id="Music_of_the_16th.E2.80.9318th_Centuries"></span>Music of the 16th–18th Centuries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Music of the 16th–18th Centuries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a>, the role of the secular component in Belarusian musical culture increased. The temple remained the main center for the development of professional musical art. In Belarus, where various religious currents historically intersected, a unique <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Belarus" title="Religion in Belarus">polyconfessional environment</a> emerged in the 16th–18th centuries. Orthodox music coexisted with <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Music">Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Protestant_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant music">Protestant</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Uniate" class="mw-redirect" title="Uniate">Uniate</a> traditions, as well as with music from non-Christian confessions. From the late 16th century, traditional Orthodox chants coexisted with <i>Suprasl</i>, Kyiv-Lithuanian, and Belarusian chants, as well as regional styles such as Viciebsk, Kuceinski, <a href="/wiki/Mogilev" title="Mogilev">Mahiloŭ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mir,_Belarus" title="Mir, Belarus">Mir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nyasvizh" title="Nyasvizh">Niaśviž</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Slutsk" title="Slutsk">Sluck</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Influence_on_Russian_Music">Influence on Russian Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Influence on Russian Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the mid-16th to the 18th centuries, Catholic influences became characteristic. Several Belarusian monasteries were relocated to Russia, including the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuceinski_Monastery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kuceinski Monastery (page does not exist)">Kuceinski Monastery</a> near <a href="/wiki/Orsha" title="Orsha">Orša</a>, which became the foundation of one of Russia’s cultural centers, the <a href="/wiki/New_Jerusalem_Monastery" title="New Jerusalem Monastery">New Jerusalem Monastery</a>. Here, the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Novaierusalimska&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Novaierusalimska (page does not exist)">novaierusalimska</a></i> school of text and melody creators developed spiritual <i>kanty</i> and psalms. Belarusian singers (<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaspiavaki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vaspiavaki (page does not exist)">vaspiavaki</a></i>) joined the patriarchal and imperial choirs in Moscow. Belarusian theorists, alongside Ukrainian and Russian scholars under the guidance of Novgorodian <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivan_Shaydura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ivan Shaydura (page does not exist)">Ivan Šajdura</a>, developed the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kinavarnyja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kinavarnyja (page does not exist)">kinavarnyja</a></i> notational marks and formalized the expanded tonal system (based on tetrachords) widely used in singing practice at the time. </p><p>Significant contributions to Orthodox church singing were made by the Iverski and Novadevočy monasteries in Moscow, which were entirely composed of Belarusians. These monasteries produced new manuscripts, hymns, and Belarusian (<a href="/wiki/Music_of_Lithuania" title="Music of Lithuania">Lithuanian</a>) chants, including the Vetski, Iverski, and Starysimanaŭski styles. Belarusian singers in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> included Ja. Kaniuchoŭski, Ja. Kalenda, I. Dziakoŭski, and I. Koklia from Polack, as well as Dziak Tyzienhauz from <a href="/wiki/Vilnius" title="Vilnius">Vilnius</a> and A. Bierazanski. </p><p>Belarusian A. Miezianiec created the sole theoretical work on znamenny chant, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Izve%C5%A1%C4%8Denie_o_soglasnej%C5%A1ich_pometach&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Izveščenie o soglasnejšich pometach (page does not exist)">Izveščenie o soglasnejšich pometach</a></i> (1668), while C. Makarjeŭski from near Orša authored <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kliu%C4%8D_razumienia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kliuč razumienia (page does not exist)">Kliuč razumienia</a></i> (late 17th century). Belarusian singing art and <i>kant</i> culture significantly influenced <a href="/wiki/Russian_liturgical_music" title="Russian liturgical music">Russian liturgical music</a>. By the mid-17th century, all church singing in Moscow was entirely managed by “natives of <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Poland and Lithuania</a>,” who also served as teachers. Belarusian <i><a href="/wiki/Cherubic_Hymn" class="mw-redirect" title="Cherubic Hymn">cherubic hymns</a></i> became part of the <a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_Saint_John_Chrysostom" title="Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom">Liturgy of John Chrysostom</a>, and various Ukrainian and Russian <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irmalohy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Irmalohy (page does not exist)">irmalohy</a></i> incorporated these chants. </p><p>With the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Ruthenians" title="Ruthenians">Belarusian and Ukrainian</a> <i>kant</i> culture, polyphonic (<i>partesny</i>) singing entered Russia, aiding the transition of Russian church music to a new Western European level. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orthodox_Music">Orthodox Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Orthodox Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the late 16th century, Belarusian choirs of the Vilnius, Niaśviž, Sluck, Minsk, Mahiloŭ, Orša, and Kuceiń brotherhoods were distinguished for performing both spiritual and secular works in 4, 6, 8, and 12 parts. Belarusian monasteries, such as the <a href="/wiki/Supra%C5%9Bl_Orthodox_Monastery" title="Supraśl Orthodox Monastery">Suprasl</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Blahave%C5%A1%C4%8Da%C5%84ski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blahaveščański (page does not exist)">Blahaveščański</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%BDyrovi%C4%8Dy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Žyrovičy (page does not exist)">Žyrovičy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mogilev" title="Mogilev">Mahiloŭ</a> monasteries, as well as local churches, served as cultural and educational centers and strongholds of Orthodoxy. </p><p>At the Suprasl Monastery, the complete body of Orthodox hymns was transcribed, with B. Anisimavič playing a key role as a compiler. The monastery also produced anti-Catholic and anti-Uniate polemical writings in manuscript form. Elements of Orthodox worship and chanting persisted in Uniate, especially <a href="/wiki/Basilian_monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Basilian monastery">Basilian</a>, monasteries. For example, in the 17th century, several handwritten <i>irmalohy</i> were created at the Žyrovičy Monastery. </p><p>By the late 18th century, new handwritten singing collections were being created, using both square linear and neumatic notations. Copies of older manuscripts were also circulated. During this time, there was an expansion of humanistic and democratic spiritual <i>kanty</i>, alongside the development of a rich tradition of Belarusian folk songs and instrumental works. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Partitions_of_the_Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth" class="mw-redirect" title="Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth">partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth</a> at the end of the 18th century, Belarusian church music, while retaining its local characteristics, evolved within the framework of <a href="/wiki/Russian_liturgical_music" title="Russian liturgical music">Russian liturgical singing</a>. Churches performed canonical hymns approved by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Synod" title="Holy Synod">Holy Synod</a>, blending Belarusian traditions with the broader Russian Orthodox musical canon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Catholic_Music">Catholic Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Catholic Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Music">Catholic music</a> appeared in Belarus in the late 14th century as an integral part of the <a href="/wiki/Latin-Rite" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin-Rite">Latin rite</a>. The musical accompaniment of Catholic worship was composed of stylistically diverse elements, including the archaic <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_chant" title="Gregorian chant">Gregorian chant</a>, vocal-choral works <i><a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a></i> with instrumental accompaniment, instrumental compositions (notably <a href="/wiki/Organ_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Organ music">organ music</a>), and religious hymns. The arrival of Catholicism facilitated the cultivation of organ music in Belarus, including cycles of <a href="/wiki/Mass_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Mass in the Catholic Church">Mass</a> ordinaries, <a href="/wiki/Requiem" title="Requiem">Requiems</a>, individual <a href="/wiki/Introit" title="Introit">Introits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gradual" title="Gradual">Graduals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sequence_(musical_form)" title="Sequence (musical form)">Sequences</a>, <a href="/wiki/Communion_(chant)" title="Communion (chant)">Communions</a>, and Office chants. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Flourishing_of_Catholic_Musical_Traditions_(16th_Century_Onward)"><span id="The_Flourishing_of_Catholic_Musical_Traditions_.2816th_Century_Onward.29"></span>The Flourishing of Catholic Musical Traditions (16th Century Onward)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The Flourishing of Catholic Musical Traditions (16th Century Onward)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the 16th century, Catholic musical traditions in Belarus experienced significant growth. Music, including instrumental music, became a mandatory subject in Catholic educational institutions at all levels. The <a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">Jesuit order</a> played a leading role in musical and educational activities. Catholic church music in Belarus developed in close connection with European Catholic institutions, following broader European trends and integrating into the European musical tradition. </p><p>In Belarus, various traditions of Catholic liturgical music coexisted: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">Jesuit</a> Tradition: Highly professional and oriented towards the latest European innovations.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominican</a> Tradition: Conservative and protective of earlier practices.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franciscans" title="Franciscans">Franciscan</a> Tradition: Adapted to the tastes of ordinary believers.</li></ul> <p>The Vilnia Jesuit Academy emerged as a hub of Catholic music, hosting educated European composers and musicians such as Jan Brant, S. Lauksmin, M. Radaŭ, Š. Berant, and M. Krečmer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Catholic_Music_Printing">Catholic Music Printing</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Catholic Music Printing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 17th century saw an expansion of music printing in Belarus, including works such as: </p> <ul><li>Jan Brant's "Piesni" (Songs) (1601)</li> <li>B. Bartasheŭski's "Spieŭnik" (Hymnal) (1613)</li> <li>Š. Berant's "Litanies" (1638, 1639)</li> <li>Various Graduals (1667, 1693, 1742) and Antiphonaries (1667, 1694, 1742) compiled by S. Lauksmin</li></ul> <p>Lauksmin also authored the first textbook on the theory of choral singing in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, <i>"Theory and Practice of Music"</i> (1667, 1669, 1693). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Franciscan_Dominance_in_the_18th_Century">Franciscan Dominance in the 18th Century</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Franciscan Dominance in the 18th Century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 18th century, most Catholic music works in Belarus originated from the <a href="/wiki/Franciscans" title="Franciscans">Franciscan order</a>. Liturgical compositions flourished, with notable contributions from figures such as Franciscan monk Šymkievič and musicians from the Słonim <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapel_of_M._K._Oginski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapel of M. K. Oginski (page does not exist)">Chapel of M. K. Ahinski</a>, including musicians like J. and L. Grabenbauer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protestant_Influences_on_Music_in_Belarus">Protestant Influences on Music in Belarus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Protestant Influences on Music in Belarus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Protestant denomination significantly influenced the formation of professional musical art in Belarus. <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a>'s spread in Belarus during the mid-16th century, under the impact of <a href="/wiki/Reformation" title="Reformation">Reformation</a> ideas embraced by much of the local aristocracy, contributed to the growth of musical culture. Protestants notably advanced music publishing, producing the first Belarusian music printings, including: </p> <ul><li>"Bieraściejski Kanciaŭnal" (Brest Cantional) (1558)</li> <li>"Niaśvižski Kanciaŭnal" (Nesvizh Cantional) (1563)</li></ul> <p>These publications reflect the broader impact of Protestantism on Belarusian musical traditions and liturgical culture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uniate_Music">Uniate Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Uniate Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late 15th to early 16th centuries, the <a href="/wiki/Uniate" class="mw-redirect" title="Uniate">Uniate</a> musical tradition began to take shape in Belarus. This development was linked to significant changes in Orthodox music, including the strong influence of <a href="/wiki/Western_classical_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Western classical music">Western European musical culture</a>. The adoption of Western systems of staff notation for recording compositions and the incorporation of polyphonic <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Partesny&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Partesny (page does not exist)">partesny</a></i> singing (designed in a Western European concert style) marked this transformation. </p><p>The Uniate liturgical musical practice, modeled after Catholic traditions, combined several elements: </p> <ul><li>Traditional <a href="/wiki/Ruthenians" title="Ruthenians">Belarusian-Ukrainian</a> znamenny chant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polyphony" title="Polyphony">Polyphonic</a> choral compositions with either polyphonic or homophonic-harmonic structures (<i>a cappella</i> or with instrumental accompaniment)</li> <li>Simple, semi-folkloric songs performed by congregants</li></ul> <p>The Uniates maintained and developed ancient <a href="/wiki/Ruthenians" title="Ruthenians">Belarusian-Ukrainian</a> znamenny singing traditions, which were preserved in manuscript <a href="/w/index.php?title=Irmalogions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Irmalogions (page does not exist)">Irmalogions</a> of the 17th–18th centuries from locations such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprasla%C5%AD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Supraslaŭ (page does not exist)">Supraslaŭ</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%BDyrovi%C4%8Dy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Žyrovičy (page does not exist)">Žyrovičy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Smolensk" title="Smolensk">Smalensk</a>. These traditions also appeared in the first Slavic music prints for Uniate churches, such as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lviv_Irmalogions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lviv Irmalogions (page does not exist)">Lviv Irmalogions</a> (1700, 1709) and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Po%C4%8Daev_Irmalogions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Počaev Irmalogions (page does not exist)">Počaev Irmalogions</a> (1766, 1793), as well as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Asmaglasniks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asmaglasniks (page does not exist)">Asmaglasniks</a> (1776, 1793). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Instrumental_Accompaniment_in_Uniate_Music">Instrumental Accompaniment in Uniate Music</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Instrumental Accompaniment in Uniate Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Uniate tradition incorporated widespread use of the organ and instrumental ensembles (chapels). The organ at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%BDyrovi%C4%8Dy_Basilian_monastery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Žyrovičy Basilian monastery (page does not exist)">Žyrovičy Basilian monastery</a> was considered one of the finest instruments of the 17th century. </p><p>Uniate centers of musical culture included: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprasla%C5%AD_monastery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Supraslaŭ monastery (page does not exist)">Supraslaŭ monastery</a>, which published the first collection of Eastern Slavic religious songs, <i>"Bahahłasnik"</i> (1790)</li> <li>The Žyrovičy and Vilnius Basilian monasteries, which were prominent hubs for Uniate liturgical music</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_of_Non-Christian_Confessions">Music of Non-Christian Confessions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Music of Non-Christian Confessions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the 16th century, alongside Christian denominations, Belarus was home to non-Christian confessions such as <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Belarus" title="History of the Jews in Belarus">Judaism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Belarus" title="Islam in Belarus">Islam</a>, each with distinct musical traditions. These communities contributed to the diversity of musical culture in the region, albeit in separate spheres from the dominant Christian traditions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_of_Soviet_Belarus">Music of Soviet Belarus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Music of Soviet Belarus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Soviet_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet music">Soviet music</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg/220px-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg/330px-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg/440px-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2491" data-file-height="1891" /></a><figcaption>Soviet <a href="/wiki/Folk_rock" title="Folk rock">folk rock</a> <a href="/wiki/VIA_(music)" title="VIA (music)">VIA</a> <a href="/wiki/Pesniary" title="Pesniary">Pesniary</a> was one of the most popular Belarusian bands</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 20th century, the first <a href="/wiki/Secondary_education" title="Secondary education">secondary education</a> institute in Belarus was founded (1924) and the first <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">operas</a>. Popular <a href="/wiki/Soviet_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet music">Soviet Belarusian music</a> was composed by several bands, many of whom performed Belarusian <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a>. Folk rock act <a href="/wiki/Pesniary" title="Pesniary">Pesniary</a>, formed in 1969 by guitarist <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Mulyavin" title="Vladimir Mulyavin">Vladimir Mulyavin</a>, toured over Europe.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_Belarus">Modern Belarus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Modern Belarus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20_years_of_Runet_0384.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/20_years_of_Runet_0384.jpg/220px-20_years_of_Runet_0384.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/20_years_of_Runet_0384.jpg/330px-20_years_of_Runet_0384.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/20_years_of_Runet_0384.jpg/440px-20_years_of_Runet_0384.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Ska punk band <a href="/wiki/Lyapis_Trubetskoy" title="Lyapis Trubetskoy">Lyapis Trubetskoy</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RIAN_archive_411183_18th_International_Art_Festival_Slavyansky_Bazar_opens_in_Vitebsk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/RIAN_archive_411183_18th_International_Art_Festival_Slavyansky_Bazar_opens_in_Vitebsk.jpg/220px-RIAN_archive_411183_18th_International_Art_Festival_Slavyansky_Bazar_opens_in_Vitebsk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/RIAN_archive_411183_18th_International_Art_Festival_Slavyansky_Bazar_opens_in_Vitebsk.jpg/330px-RIAN_archive_411183_18th_International_Art_Festival_Slavyansky_Bazar_opens_in_Vitebsk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/RIAN_archive_411183_18th_International_Art_Festival_Slavyansky_Bazar_opens_in_Vitebsk.jpg/440px-RIAN_archive_411183_18th_International_Art_Festival_Slavyansky_Bazar_opens_in_Vitebsk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Opening ceremony of <a href="/wiki/Slavianski_Bazaar_in_Vitebsk" title="Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk">Slaviansky Bazar</a>, largest pop music festival of Belarus, in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Belarus gained independence after the fall of the Soviet Union and new bands appeared, including <a href="/wiki/N.R.M." title="N.R.M.">N.R.M.</a> Modern pop stars include <a href="/wiki/Boris_Moiseev" title="Boris Moiseev">Boris Moiseev</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lyapis_Trubetskoy" title="Lyapis Trubetskoy">Lyapis Trubetskoy</a> (though they tend to orient themselves toward <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and Russian speakers). Around 2002 a new generation of electronic bands appeared, including the groups like <a href="/wiki/Randomajestiq" title="Randomajestiq">Randomajestiq</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dreamlin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dreamlin (page does not exist)">Dreamlin</a>. </p><p>Rock music of Belarus arose in Perestroika times. Bands like <a href="/wiki/Bi-2" title="Bi-2">Bi-2</a> (currently living in Russia), <a href="/wiki/Lyapis_Trubetskoy" title="Lyapis Trubetskoy">Lyapis Trubetskoy</a>, were founded in the late 1980s or early 1990s. The Belarusian government has attempted to limit the amount of popular music aired on the radio, in favour of traditional music of Belarus. These restrictions have encouraged some Belarusian bands to sign up to Russian labels and to tour more in neighbouring countries. </p><p>The tradition of Belarus as a centre of folk and folk rock music is continued today by <a href="/wiki/Stary_Olsa" title="Stary Olsa">Stary Olsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bristeil" title="Bristeil">Bristeil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kriwi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kriwi">Kriwi</a>, among others. </p><p>In 2003, Belarus took part in the <a href="/wiki/Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Junior Eurovision Song Contest">Junior Eurovision Song Contest</a> for the first time. Their participant, Volha Satsiuk, came in 4th place. In 2004 Belarus made it to the semifinals of the regular <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a>. The country was represented by a duo <a href="/wiki/Aleksandra_and_Konstantin" title="Aleksandra and Konstantin">Aleksandra and Konstantin</a>, who failed to reach the final. They won the <a href="/wiki/Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2005" title="Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005">Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005</a> the following year, with <a href="/wiki/Ksenia_Sitnik" title="Ksenia Sitnik">Ksenia Sitnik</a>'s song, 'My Vmeste'. </p><p>The Belarusian authorities promote folk or "Slavic" music at the country's top musical event—the state-sponsored <a href="/wiki/Slavianski_Bazaar_in_Vitebsk" title="Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk">Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk</a>, an annual pop and folk music festival in <a href="/wiki/Vitebsk" title="Vitebsk">Vitebsk</a>. The biggest festival of Belarusian rock music takes place outside of Belarus, in <a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%B3dek,_Bia%C5%82ystok_County" title="Gródek, Białystok County">Gródek</a>, northeastern <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>, a small town some 40 kilometers east of <a href="/wiki/Bia%C5%82ystok" title="Białystok">Białystok</a>—the center of <a href="/wiki/Podlaskie_Voivodeship" title="Podlaskie Voivodeship">Podlaskie Voivodeship</a>, which is inhabited by a 200,000-strong Belarusian minority. The festival, held in July every year since 1990, is organized by the Belarusian Union of Students (BAS) in Poland. The official name of the event is the Music Festival of Young Belarus or <a href="/wiki/Basovi%C5%A1%C4%8Da" title="Basovišča">Basovišča</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Patriotic_songs_and_hymns">Patriotic songs and hymns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Belarus&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Patriotic songs and hymns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vajacki_mar%C5%A1" title="Vajacki marš">Vajacki marš</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahutny_Bo%C5%BEa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahutny Boža">Mahutny Boža</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahonia_(song)" title="Pahonia (song)">Pahonia (song)</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPichura1966" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Picarda" title="Guy Picarda">Pichura</a>, G (1966). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://brill.com/view/journals/bela/1/2/article-p92_4.xml">"The Origins of Renaissance Polyphony in Byelorussian Greek-Rite Liturgical Chant"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Journal_of_Belarusian_Studies" title="The Journal of Belarusian Studies">Journal of Belarusian Studies</a></i>. <b>I</b> (II): 92–102<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 May</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Belarusian+Studies&rft.atitle=The+Origins+of+Renaissance+Polyphony+in+Byelorussian+Greek-Rite+Liturgical+Chant&rft.volume=I&rft.issue=II&rft.pages=92-102&rft.date=1966&rft.aulast=Pichura&rft.aufirst=G&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbrill.com%2Fview%2Fjournals%2Fbela%2F1%2F2%2Farticle-p92_4.xml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMusic+of+Belarus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131105095339/http://nn.by/?c=ar&i=60220">Which song should be the national anthem of Belarus? 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