³⁶ Indeed the contrary could be claimed with greater authority, as Byzantine advancements in music theory and practice from the middle ages lay the foundations of Western music theory and notation: Floros, Constantin, Einführung in die Neumenkunde, (Wilhemshaven: Florian Noetzel HmbH, 2000); Bulgarian translation: Въведение в Невмознанието, (София: Институт за изкуствознание – БАН, 2006), pp. 28, 173.