Life Petros Peloponnesios

jean baptiste vanmour: whirling dervishes in tekke of peran (18th-century painting in collection of rijksmuseum)

together iakovos protopsaltes, first domestikos between 1764 , 1776, followed first archon protopsaltes daniel official teacher of new music school of patriarchate in 1776. taught petros byzantios chose second domestikos after being announced lampadarios, , composed many exercises (mathemata) students. term mathemata referred kalophonic way embellish old stichera (sticheron kalophonikon, anagrammatismos), old heirmoi (heirmos kalophonikos), theotokia or kontakia. method taught john koukouzeles «mega ison».

within other musical traditions of ottoman empire petros had exceptional knowledge of makamlar, of armenian chant, , if did not invent new analytical way use middle byzantine notation, had reputation have profound understanding of music enabled him notate music after have listened once, music not composed according octoechos. had reputation of being rather intrigant musician. on 1 hand, hafiz invited him , eager learn makam melodies him (probably rather greek way of developing them), on other hand, called hırsız (thief) , hoca petros (teacher), because had many students coming different traditional background. since memorise compositions , liked change them , perform them in such convincing way, musicians asked permission , before published them. petros associated mevlevi tekke in peran. not first archon protopsaltes of great church had interest in makam music documented neume transcriptions of makam music, panagiotes halacoğlu preceded ioannes archon protopsaltes (ca. 1726-1736), had it. halacoğlu s student kyrillos marmarinos transcribed makamlar byzantine neumes , both wrote treatises it.

petros in forties, when died during plague in constantinople killed third of population.