Of or relating to resurrection; specifically used to describe liturgical music or texts focused on Christ's Resurrection in Christian tradition.
From Greek anastasis (resurrection) + -imos (adjectival suffix). Byzantine liturgical Greek term that combines the concept of resurrection with a musical or poetic quality.
This term represents the intersection of theology and music—Byzantine composers created anastasimos melodies that were meant to sound triumphant and joyful, literally making the theology audible!
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