Musicology Annotation << Back Greek Chants for Russian Tsars in Moscow Manuscript Collections Irina Shehovtsova The article investigates the chants by Greek masters in honor of the three Russian Tsars — Peter I, Paul I and Alexander I. It is famous nowadays 14 Greek notated manuscripts containing Enkomiy for Russian Tsars. They relate to the period from the beginning of XVIII to the middle XIX centuries. In the process of cataloging the Greek singing manuscripts in Moscow collections author of the publication identified two other sources. The first are photos from Codex Pantileim. 1012 (1768), brought to Russia by the famous Russian traveler and archaeologist P. Sevastiyanov. These photocopies are stored in Sevastianovs archive of the Russian State Library (RGB, F. 270 III a, 3. 51 (70)). The second is a hitherto unknown script: singing manuscript (beginning of the XIX century) from the Shchukins collection of the State Historical Museum (GIM, Shchuk. 1036). In the manuscript on pp. 149-151v Enkomiy to Alexander I by mr. Krali containing music of Peter Mpereket in Gregory Protopsalt exegesis is placed. Photocopies of this chant are published in a special supplement to the article. A comparison of known and new sources of Greek Enkomiy for Russian Tsars allows us to observe the development of the genre, the change of poetic form, the appearance of the musical version of chant. The study of Moscow collections of Greek singing manuscripts also allowed to add a new page in history of Russian musical Byzantinistic. Keywords: Byzantine music, Greek singing books, catalog of chant manuscripts, enkomiy, Gregory Protopsalt. Contacts: E-mail: irina-schech@yandex.ru Pp. 09-21.