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'''Kassiane''' (also '''Kassia''', '''Kassiani''', '''Casia'''; [[810]] - bef.[[867]]) was a [[Greeks|Greek]]-[[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] poet, composer and hymnographer. She is one of the first ancient composers whose scores are both extant and able to be interpreted by modern scholars and musicians. Approximately fifty of her pieces are extant.

She was born in [[810]] in [[Constantinople]] into an aristocratic family. About [[843]] she founded a convent and became its first abbess. One of her pieces was so well known in her time that it was in the Chronicles of medieval Byzantium.

==See also==
[[Byzantine music]]
==References==
*Diane Touliatos. "Kassia", ''Grove Music Online'', ed. L. Macy (accessed [[February 12]] [[2006]]), [http://www.grovemusic.com/ grovemusic.com] (subscription access).
*[http://http://www.zephyr.gr/STJOHN/epi13.htm Kassiane - in Greek]

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−	'''Kassiane''' (also '''[[Kassia]]''', '''[[Kassiani]]''', '''[[Casia]]'''; [[810]] - bef.[[867]]) was a [[Greeks\|Greek]]-[[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] poet, composer and hymnographer. She is one of the first ancient composers whose scores are both extant and able to be interpreted by modern scholars and musicians. Approximately fifty of her pieces are extant.	+	'''Kassiane''' (also '''Kassia''', '''Kassiani''', '''Casia'''; [[810]] - bef.[[867]]) was a [[Greeks\|Greek]]-[[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] poet, composer and hymnographer. She is one of the first ancient composers whose scores are both extant and able to be interpreted by modern scholars and musicians. Approximately fifty of her pieces are extant.

	She was born in [[810]] in [[Constantinople]] into an aristocratic family. About [[843]] she founded a convent and became its first abbess. One of her pieces was so well known in her time that it was in the Chronicles of medieval Byzantium.		She was born in [[810]] in [[Constantinople]] into an aristocratic family. About [[843]] she founded a convent and became its first abbess. One of her pieces was so well known in her time that it was in the Chronicles of medieval Byzantium.

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−	'''Kassiane''' (also '''Kassia''', '''Kassiani''', '''Casia'''; [[810]] - bef.[[867]]) was a [[Greeks\|Greek]]-[[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] poet, composer and hymnographer. She is one of the first ancient composers whose scores are both extant and able to be interpreted by modern scholars and musicians. Approximately fifty of her pieces are extant.	+	'''Kassiane''' (also '''[[Kassia]]''', '''[[Kassiani]]''', '''[[Casia]]'''; [[810]] - bef.[[867]]) was a [[Greeks\|Greek]]-[[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] poet, composer and hymnographer. She is one of the first ancient composers whose scores are both extant and able to be interpreted by modern scholars and musicians. Approximately fifty of her pieces are extant.

	She was born in [[810]] in [[Constantinople]] into an aristocratic family. About [[843]] she founded a convent and became its first abbess. One of her pieces was so well known in her time that it was in the Chronicles of medieval Byzantium.		She was born in [[810]] in [[Constantinople]] into an aristocratic family. About [[843]] she founded a convent and became its first abbess. One of her pieces was so well known in her time that it was in the Chronicles of medieval Byzantium.

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	She was born in [[810]] in [[Constantinople]] into an aristocratic family. About [[843]] she founded a convent and became its first abbess. One of her pieces was so well known in her time that it was in the Chronicles of medieval Byzantium.		She was born in [[810]] in [[Constantinople]] into an aristocratic family. About [[843]] she founded a convent and became its first abbess. One of her pieces was so well known in her time that it was in the Chronicles of medieval Byzantium.
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		+	==Theophilus and Kassiane==
		+	Legend has it that when the young emperor [[Theophilus (emperor)\|Theophilus]] was pondering his choice of a bride and empress, seven of the most well-bred virgins were brought to him. While contemplating his choice, the young emperor noticed the fairest one and decided to test her. He walked up to her and told her "All evil came through woman" ("Εκ γυναικός ερρύη τα φαύλα") meaning, of course, Eve. The young woman - Kassiane - immediately retorted "but through woman also came salvation" ("Αλλά και δια γυναικός πηγάζει τα κρείττω") meaning, of course, the Virgin Mary. Theophilus, smarting from the quick reply, chose instead [[Theodora (9th century)\|Theodora]] to be his empress but never forgot Kassiane.