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Beth Gazo


Beth Gazo (ܒܝܬ ܓܙܐ[bɛθ ɡɐːzo]; literary "the house of treasure") is a Syriac liturgical book that contains a collection of Syriac chants and melodies. The book is considered a reference of Syriac Hymnody and without it clerics belonging to the West Syriac Tradition cannot perform their liturgical duty. There exist modern varieties of this book with different names such as: beṯ gázo dqinóṯo (ܒܝܬ ܓܙܐ ܕܩܝܢܬܐ‎), beṯ gázo dzimróṯo (ܒܝܬ ܓܙܐ ܕܙܡܪܬܐ‎) and beṯ gázo dneʻmóṯo (ܒܝܬ ܓܙܐ ܕܢܥܡܬܐ‎).

The origin of Beth Gazo can be traced back to the early centuries of Christianity going as far as Bardaisan (154–222 CE). However, the bulk of the hymns is attributed to Ephrem the Syrian (306 – 373 CE).

There are two main traditions in chanting: western based on the School of Mardin and eastern in Tikrit formerly.

The abridged version of Beth Gazo contain the following hymns:



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