"Kassia" genre: Medieval
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	This melody was composed by Kassia well over a thousand years ago (810). The composition is called "The Fallen Woman". The tempo of the piece uses a technique that we are not very familiar with in contemporary music - it depends entirely on the phrasing of the words (which are in Greek). This arrangement is an instrumental one - it uses the tone colour of a wooden flute and a string drone. It gives a different perspective on the mood that the music expresses. It is both strange and inspiring to listen to music that was written before 'bar-lines' were invented - before music was chopped into segments. I found this piece haunting, inspiring and liberating. This composition was written for the orthodox church. When a composition loses its words, it can perhaps make the musical exprerience more accessible. I hope that by placing this composition in a public forum that it will make ancient women's compositions more accessible to performers and educators. This is basically a MIDI arrangement using guitar synth sounds. I encourage more and more live musicians to perform the piece and experience the life within it.
	Credits: Kassia (composition), T. Therese (arrangement), Dr. D. Touliatos and Hildegard Press (score), Sarband group (phrasing).
	Story Behind the Song I am studying for my honours year. Please email me if you require more information. Lyrics The theme of the text is around the subject of Mary Magdalene - 'the fallen woman'. It relates to sin and redemption.

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