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Epitaph, Op. 31
Work Information

Epitaph

for Mixed Choir, Six Women's Vocal Ensemble, Children's Choir, Narrator and Orchestra

Catalogue No.: YSC72

Status: Completed

Opus: 31

Genre: Voice

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Dedication:

"To the memory of Nikos Marangopoulos, who left us before he was eleven."

Number of Movements: 2

Instrumentation:

3233-4331, Timpani, Percussion (3 Performers: Suspended Cymbal, Cymbals, Medium Gong, Large Tam-Tam, Flexatone, Maracas, Claves, Clapper, Metallophone or Glockenspiel, Crotales, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Tubular Bells, Bass Drum), Harp, Piano, Strings, Choir, Children’s Choir, Narrator, 4 Female Voices

Written in: London

Date: December 3, 1971

Duration: 00:16:00

Sicilianos Archive Files
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Oboe I Part

Digital scan of the Oboe I part.

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Oboe II Part

Digital scan of the Oboe II part.

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Percussion I Part

Digital scan of the Percussion I part.

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Percussion II Part

Digital scan of the Percussion II part.

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Percussion III Part

Digital scan of the Percussion III part.

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Piano Part

Digital scan of the Piano part.

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Choir Part

Digital scan of the Choir part.

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Piano Choir Part

Digital scan of the Piano Choir part.

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Timpani Part

Digital scan of the Timpani 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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Trumpet I Part

Digital scan of the Trumpet I part.

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Trumpet II Part

Digital scan of the Trumpet II part.

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Trumpet III Part

Digital scan of the Trumpet III part.

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Tuba Part

Digital scan of the Tuba part.

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Viola Part

Digital scan of the Viola part.

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Violin I Part

Digital scan of the Violin I part.

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Violin II Part

Digital scan of the Violin II part.

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Bass Clarinet in B Flat Part

Digital scan of the Bass Clarinet in B Flat part.

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Bassoon I Part

Digital scan of the Bassoon I part.

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Bassoon II Part

Digital scan of the Bassoon II part.

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Cello Part

Digital scan of the Cello part.

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Clarinet I Part

Digital scan of the Clarinet I part.

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Clarinet II Part

Digital scan of the Clarinet II part.

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Contrabassoon Part

Digital scan of the Contrabassoon part.

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Double Bass Part

Digital scan of the Double Bass part.

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Flute I Part

Digital scan of the Flute I part.

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Flute II Part

Digital scan of the Flute II part.

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Flute II and Piccolo Part

Digital scan of the Flute II and Piccolo part.

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Full Score

Digital scan of the full score.

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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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Horn in F III Part

Digital scan of the Horn in F III part.

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Horn in F IV Part

Digital scan of the Horn in F IV part.

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Draft Score and Sketch Material

Scan of the draft score and sketch material.

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Epitaph, Op. 31
Full Score

Scan of the full score.

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Composer's Note

Scan of the composer's note.

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Libretto

Scan of the libretto.

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Intertextuality
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Work Page
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Byzantine Chant
Music
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Requiem Mass

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine.
Et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion

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The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Novella
Texts
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Text Page
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Epitaph, Op. 31 (1971)
Programme Notes
1971
Greek
Books
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Item Page
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Perspectives on Greek Musical Modernism
Kostas Chardas, Valia Christopoulou, Dimitris Exarchos, Theodore Karathodoros, Eva Mantzourani, Giorgos Sakallieros, Yorgos Sicilianos, Makis Solomos, Danae Stefanou, Ioannis Tsagkarakis, Costas Tsougras, Panos Vlagopoulos, Petros Vouvaris
Routledge
2025
Musicology
Edited Volume
English
Articles & Papers
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Item Page
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A selective appropriation: Yorgos Sicilianos between modernism and postmodernism
Valia (Stavroula) Christopoulou
University of Athens
2025
English
Performances
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September 17, 1981
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Athens
Greece
Athens Festival
Hellenic Association of Contemporary Music (Ελληνικός Σύνδεσμος Σύχγρονης Μουσικής)
Jaromír Nohejl (conductor), Olga Tournaki (narrator)
Moravian Philharmonic (Moravská filharmonie Olomouc), Kühn Choir of Prague (Kühnův smíšený sbor), Children's Choir of Agios Efthymios Keratsiniou of the Holy Monastery of Nikaia (Παιδική Χορωδία Αγ. Ευθυμίου Κερατσινίου Ι. Μ. Νίκαιας)
Epitaph, Op. 31
Performers
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Profile
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Children's Choir of Agios Efthymios Keratsiniou of the Holy Monastery of Nikaia
Children's Choir
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Jaromír Nohejl
Conductor
Moravská filharmonie Olomouc (Moravian Philharmonic)
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Kühn Choir of Prague
Choir
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Moravian Philharmonic
Orchestra
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Olga Tournaki
Actor, Narrator
National Theatre of Greece
Greek National Opera
References
  1. Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 86-87
  2. Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 66, 130
  3. 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
  4. Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 200, 421
  5. 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), 72, 73, 74, 185, 204, 205, 239
  6. 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), 117