Manuel Chrysaphes the Lampadarios

Manuel (or Emmanuel) Chrysaphes I (fl. 1440-1463) was the Lampadarios (the lead singer in the left-hand choir of the church) of Saint Sophia at the time of the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. An eminent melodist, he composed many works, some of which are saved and belong to the papadic genre. He wrote a treatise on the theory of ecclesiastical music.