Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Music Musicians, musicologists and theorists

Babaj of Gebilta

BĀBAJ DI GĒBILTĀ

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Also known as: Babai of Gebilta, Bābai of Gēbiltā

BĀBAJ of GĒBILTĀ. - Musician of the 8th century, reformer of Nestorian chant, which had greatly declined in his time. He founded 24 (according to others 60) schools in the dioceses of Marga and Adiabene. Liturgical texts composed by him are still in use in the Nestorian liturgy.

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BIBL.: G. S. Assemani, Bibl. Orient., III, I, Rome 1722, pp. 177-81; A. Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur, Bonn 1922, p. 212, 98.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 618.

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“BĀBaj di GĒBiltĀ.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 618. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/babaj-di-gebilta.

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“BĀBaj di GĒBiltĀ.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 618. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/babaj-di-gebilta.

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  title     = {BĀBaj di GĒBiltĀ},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {618},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/babaj-di-gebilta}
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