Georgios Rhaidestenos

Georgios Rhaidestenos. Flourished ca 1600-1650. He was taught by Melchisedek Rhaidestenos. Georgios developed a distinct personal style mainly in his sticheraria. This style was taken up and continued by his pupil Chrysaphes the Younger*. Georgios worked as lampadarios at the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (1619-29) and was appointed protopsaltes in 1638. Nina-Maria Wanek Further Reading M. K. Chatzegiakumes, Μουσικὰ Χειρόγραφα Τουρκοκρατίας (1453–1832) (Athens, 1975), 378f. M. K. Chatzegiakumes, Χειρόγραφα Ἐκκλησιαστικῆς Μουσικῆς 1453–1820 (Athens, 1980), 32 and 34. G. Papadopulos, Συμβολαὶ εἰς τὴν Ἱστορίαν τῆς παρ᾿ ἡμῖν Ἐκκλησιαστικῆς Μουσικῆς ( Reprint; Athens, 1977),...