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Epiklisis, Op. 29
Work Information

Epiklesis (II)

for Narrator, male-choir, four women's voices and twelve performers. Original text from Aeschelus' tragedy "Persians"

Catalogue No.: YSC70

Status: Completed

Opus: 29B

Genre: Voice

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Number of Movements: 1

Instrumentation:

2 Horns, 3 Trombones, 3 Pianos (3rd Piano can be upright), Glockenspiel, Harp, Percussion (3 Performers: Xylophone, Tubular Bells, Vibraphone, 3 Large Suspended Cymbals, Piccolo Snare Drum, Bass Snare without Snares, Bass Drum, Large Tamtam), Choir (7 Tenors, 7 Basses, 4 Sopranos), Narrator

Written in: Athens

Date: November 14, 1968

Duration: 00:08:00

Sicilianos Archive Files
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Harp Part

Digital scan of the Harp part.

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Horn in F I Part

Digital scan of the Horn in F I part.

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Horn in F II Part

Digital scan of the Horn in F II part.

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Percussion Part

Digital scan of the Percussion part.

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Piano I Part

Digital scan of the Piano I part.

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Piano II Part

Digital scan of the Piano II part.

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Piano III and Glockenspiel Part

Digital scan of the Piano III and Glockenspiel part.

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Trombone I Part

Digital scan of the Trombone I part.

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Trombone II Part

Digital scan of the Trombone II part.

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Trombone III Part

Digital scan of the Trombone III part.

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Choir and Narrator Part

Digital scan of the Choir and Narrator part.

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Full Score

Digital scan of the full score.

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Sketch Material

Scan of the sketch material.

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Epiklisis, Op. 29
Full Score

Scan of the full score.

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Draft Score

Scan of the draft score. [Unavailable]

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Draft Score

Scan of the draft score.

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Composer's Note

Scan of the composer's note which outlines the work's instrumentation, provides performance notes, and Aeschylus's text in Greek, with a transliteration and translation in English.

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Intertextuality
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Work Page
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The Persians
Aeschylus
Tragedy

Aeschylus’s The Persians – Lines 528-680

Discography
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Album Page
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Greek Composers - From the 3rd Hellenic Week of Contemporary Music
Giannis Mantakas, Giannis Mantakas Choir of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music, Theodore Antoniou, Yorgos Sicilianos
Epiklesis II Op. 29b
LP - Vinyl
EMI - Columbia
1970
Texts
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Text Page
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Modern Music in Greece Today
Lecture
1991
Greek
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Interview with Michel Fais
Interview
1992
Greek
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Interview with Valia Christopoulou
Interview
1998
Greek
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Searching for the Lost Musical Tradition of Ancient Greek Tragedy
Paper
1999
Greek
Performances
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1
December 22, 1968
Hilton
Athens
Greece
Hellenic Week of Contemporary Music
Hellenic Association of Contemporary Music (Ελληνικός Σύνδεσμος Σύχγρονης Μουσικής)
Theodore Antoniou (conductor), Giannis Mantakas (chorusmaster), Spirοs Kalogirοu (narrator)
Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music, Giannis Mantakas Choir of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Epiklesis II, Op. 29b
Performers
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Profile
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Giannis Mantakas
Chorusmaster
Giannis Mantakas Choir of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Giannis Mantakas Choir of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Choir
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music
Ensemble
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Spiros Kalogirou
Actor, Narrator
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Theodore Antoniou
Composer, Conductor
Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music
Alea III
Boston University
References
  1. Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 81-84
  2. Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 272
  3. Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 180, 188, 284, 346, 347, 382, 385, 429
  4. Dimitris Agrafiotis, Theodore Antoniou, Tatsis Apostolidis, Valia Christopoulou, Giorgos Demertzis, Popi Eustratiadi, Byron Fidetzis, Gianni Ioannides, Apostolos Kostios, Giorgos Kouroupos, Katy Romanou, Yorgos Sicilianos, Michalis Stathopoulos, Nikos Synodinos, and Nikos B. Tsouchlos. Yorgos Sicilianos: In the Avant-Garde of Contemporary Music [Γιώργος Σισιλιανός - Ο συνθέτης στην πρωτοπορία της σύγχρονης μουσικής]. Edited by Valentini Tselika. (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2007), 21, 37, 85, 115, 185, 203, 244
  5. Kostas Chardas, Giorgos Demertzis, Charis Dimaras, Nikos Maliaras, Giorgos Sakallieros, Nikos B. Tsouchlos, Markos Tsetsos, and Panos Vlagopoulos. Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005 - Anniversary Tribute [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος 1920-2005 Επετειακο αφιερωμα]. Edited by Stephania Merakos and Valia Vraka. (Athens: Friends of Music Association, 2016), 46, 47, 117