Monograph “Reflections on Byzantine Music: A Brief Introduction to the World of Chanting Art”, by Gordana Blagojević, PhD, principal research fellow at the SASA Institute of Ethnography, was published by the SASA Institute of Ethnography (Special Editions, Volume 104) in cooperation with “Church Voice” from Šabac. The publication was financed by the Office for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia. This is the Serbian, revised edition of the author's book originally published in Greek “Φωτοσκιάσεις στη ΒυζαντινήΜουσική. Μικρή εισαγωγή στον κόσμο της ψαλτικής τέχνης” in 2020.

This anthropological study by Gordana Blagojević, PhD, explores the position and role of music in the Orthodox Christianity from a diachronic perspective, as well as the interrelations between religion, society, music, spirituality, and education. The book is the result of the author`s longstanding interest in Byzantine music, as she is both a professional chanter and an ethnologist/anthropologist.

Audio material is available via QR codes, through which the reader becomes acquainted with the chants of Byzantine church music. The text is accompanied by illustrations, many of which were created by the author herself, including the book covers.