Kukuzel, John (ⅹ) Errina – Zirovnica? Debar, about 1280 – Mount Athos, OK 1360) – Composer and musical theorist. It originates from a family that gives more musical activities, including John (another with the same name), Joasaf and Gregory, but their activity S “has not yet been sufficiently explored. The origin is Macedonian, born in the village of Jermans near Debar, not (as stated in his litter) in Durres – the first bigger place. Russian traveler from ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ century Basil Gregorovich-Barski says K. was born in the village of Jarnica, a toponym that probably over time, just like the toponym of Jermans, is seen in the current wire, a wholesale village near Debar. He is the largest composer and theoretician in the thousandth anniversary of the Byzantine and Byzantine-Slavic church music. As one of the most important reformers of Is-Superi-Christian singing and notation, the creation of the Neuvisantian is attributed, according to him called Kukuzel notation, which is encountered in the manuscripts of ⅹⅴ to ⅹⅰⅹ century. Introduces a new way of singing, called Papadiko singing, which is distinguished by vastness in melody, with rich ornamentations and emphasized dynamic tintings. His most significant work is the “big Iso on Papadic singing”. B. ORT.
Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис КУКУЗЕЛ, Јован