Didaskalos ("The teacher") Ioasaph Dionysiates' programme, was performed on June 1998 by the University Byzantine Choir under the direction of  Antonios E. Alygizakis. It consists of eight  lessons that are presented in the following table.You can listen to some samples of these lessons, by choosing the format you desire. For further information concerning these recordings, please don't hesitate to contact us.

 
Contents
 RealAudio
1.Kyrie ekekraxa, First mode
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2. Prosomion of the Dormition, First mode
 16 Kbps
3. Theotoke Parthene, Oktaechon
 16 Kbps
4. Tin stratopedarchian , Idiomelon Plagal Fourth mode
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5. Eulogetaria slow, Plagal First mode
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6. Eothenon II , Second mode
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7. Doxology slow, Plagal Fourth mode
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8. Douli Kyrion, Polyeleos, Distixos, Plagal Second mode
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 The work of  Germanos of Neon Patra, is the connecting link between the older and the newer chant traditions, the application of which is fundamental for the comprehension of the art of chant. The interpretation of the following chants are based on the work of four of the most renowned translators of the older stenographic musical notation: Gregorious Protopsaltes, Chourmouzios Chartophylax, Ioasaph Dionysiates and Nikolaos Doxeiarites.
 Some of Germanos' material is presented in the following table. Lessons 1,2 and 6 are interpretations from Chourmouzios' codicies: ÅÂÅ-ÌÐÔ 748,  238v, 704, 233v, and 705, 123v. Lesson 3, is an interpretation from Ioasaph Dionysiates' codex, AC Dionysiou 693, 41v. Lesson 5, is an interpretation from Nikolaos Doxeiaritou's codex  AC Dionysiou 720, 179v. Finally, the 4th lesson is Gregorios Protopsaltes' interpretation from the edition of the book, Kalophoniko Heirmologion, Constantinople 1835, p. 157ff.
 
Contents
Real Audio 
 1.Kyrie ekekraxa, First mode
 16 Kbps
 2. Prosomion of the Dormition, First mode
 16 Kbps
 3.  Slow Doxology, Second mode
 16 Kbps
 4. Your raised hand,  Plagal First mode
 16 Kbps
 5. Having looked at the Lord,  Plagal Fourth mode
 16 Kbps
 6. Thamvos en kateden, Barys mode 
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 7. Koinonikon with kratima, Plagal First mode
 16 Kbps