Context: In the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches, the music performed in the liturgies is exclusively sung without instrumental accompaniment. Bishop Kallistos Ware says, "The service is sung, even though there may be no choir... In the Orthodox Church today, as in the early Church, singing is unaccompanied and instrumental music is not found." This a cappella behavior arises from strict interpretation of Psalms 150, which states, Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. In keeping with this philosophy, early Russian musika which started appearing in the late 17th century, in what was known as khorovïye kontsertï (choral concertos) made a cappella adaptations of Venetian-styled pieces, such as the treatise, Grammatika musikiyskaya (1675), by Nikolai Diletsky. Divine Liturgies and Western Rite masses composed by famous composers such as Peter Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Arkhangelsky, and Mykola Leontovych are fine examples of this.

Question: When did Russian musika show up?
Answer: khorovïye kontsertï

Question: khorovïye kontsertï were typically done similar to what pieces?
Answer: Venetian-styled

Question: What bible passage gave rise to certain a cappella attitudes?
Answer: Psalms 150

Question: Who composed a popular Venetian-styled piece in 1675?
Answer: Nikolai Diletsky

Question: What is based on a brad interpritation of the Psalms?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What started appearing in Russia in the 1700's?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What was a copy of Venetian a cappella?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What was written by NIkolai Diletsky in the 16th century?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How are liturgies sung in Russian musika?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What motivates the way instrumental music is composed in the church?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When did the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Orothdox Church appear?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What type of music made a cappella versions of instrumental accompaniment?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What Bishop composed Grammatika musikiyskaya in 1675?
Answer: Unanswerable