Musicology Annotation << Back About melodical structure in heirmoses of kievan chant Anastasia V. Kuzkina The article discusses heirmoses of Kievan chant. The analysis is performed on the material of Irmologion of the XVII–XVIII centuries from various collections of the SHM and RSL that existed on Russian soil. The focus is on melodic structure of heirmoses. The peculiarities of the melodic structure are identifi ed and their typology is offered. The analysis revealed that the melody of heirmoses of Kievan chant has two types of repeat constructions, which play different roles in the composition of the melody. The frequency of their occurrence in the hymn, the set of stable parameters, length of the constructions and their incidence vary. In this case, both types of repeat constructions fi t perfectly into the surrounding musical material and merge with it. Perhaps, such manifestation of defi nability of different types associated with varying degrees of preservation preimages of Znamenny chant in singing practice. Keywords: Kievan chant, Irmologion, heirmos, construction, cell, formula. Contacts: E-mail: semen_petrovich@mail.ru Pp. 09-16.