KLADAS, Late 15th Century Daughter Of Ioannes
Name:
KLADAS, Late 15th Century Daughter Of Ioannes
Musical genre:
Country of birth:
Turkey
Country of location:
Turkey
Notes:
The daughter of the Byzantine composer John Kladas was an anonymous 15th-century chanter and hymnographer in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey).
Father: John Kladas (Ioannis Kladas) worked as a lampadarius at the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople around 1400.
Daughter: She is known today through only one surviving composition—a communion hymn in Tone 4 ("The righteous will be remembered forever. Hallelujah").
Significance: Experts believe she may have written this specific piece to honour her father.
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