KnowraRomanos the MelodistLinked fromLinked fromThe 6 pages that link to Romanos the Melodist, each with the reason it gives.All 6Related 6Byzantine hymnographyRelated: His compositions helped establish the kontakion as an ambitious vehicle for liturgical poetry.KontakionRelated: His surviving hymns are the clearest examples of the form at its early height.OctoechosRelated: His hymns belong to the earlier tradition from which later Byzantine cycles drew.Byzantine chantRelated: His kontakia exemplify the early relationship between poetic composition and liturgical singing.Byzantine musicRelated: His works exemplify the early hymn forms that Byzantine chant later preserved.Cosmas of MaiumaRelated: Romanos represents an earlier phase of the hymnographic tradition Cosmas inherited.