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Eight Children's Miniatures

for Orchestra

Οκτώ Παιδικές Μινιατούρες για ορχήστρα έργ. 23Α

Catalogue No.: YSC62

Status: Completed

Opus: 23A

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Dedication:

"To my son, Linos."

Number of Movements: 8

Movement Titles:

  1. Prelude
  2. March
  3. Rattles
  4. Little song out of tune
  5. Riding the little wooden horse
  6. The wolf and the Red Riding Hood
  7. Mr. Tinky…
  8. Lullaby

Instrumentation:

2222-4231, Timpani, Percussion (2 Performers: Cymbals, Triangle, Snare Drum, Bass Snare Drum without Snares, Bass Drum, Tamtam, Ratchet, Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells in C, E and F#), Harp, Celesta, Piano, Strings

Written in: Athens

Date: December 7, 1965

Duration: 00:11:00

Sicilianos Archive Files
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Oboe II Part

Digital scan of the Oboe II part.

3
PDF
2
Percussion I Part

Digital scan of the Percussion I part.

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PDF
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Percussion II Part

Digital scan of the Percussion II part.

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PDF
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Piano Part

Digital scan of the Piano part.

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PDF
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Timpani Part

Digital scan of the Timpani part.

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PDF
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Trombone I Part

Digital scan of the Trombone I part.

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PDF
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Trombone II Part

Digital scan of the Trombone II part.

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PDF
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Trombone III Part

Digital scan of the Trombone III part.

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PDF
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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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PDF
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Tuba Part

Digital scan of the Tuba part.

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PDF
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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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Bassoon I Part

Digital scan of the Bassoon I part.

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PDF
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Bassoon II Part

Digital scan of the Bassoon II part.

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PDF
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Celesta Part

Digital scan of the Celesta part.

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PDF
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Cello Part

Digital scan of the Cello part.

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PDF
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Clarinet I Part

Digital scan of the Clarinet I part.

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Clarinet II and Bass Clarinet Part

Digital scan of the Clarinet II and Bass Clarinet part.

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Double Bass Part

Digital scan of the Double Bass part.

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PDF
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Flute I Part

Digital scan of the Flute I part.

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Flute II and Piccolo Part

Digital scan of the Flute II and Piccolo part.

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PDF
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Full Score

Digital scan of the full score.

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PDF
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Harp Part

Digital scan of the Harp part.

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PDF
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Horn in F I Part

Digital scan of the Horn in F I part.

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PDF
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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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Oboe I Part

Digital scan of the Oboe I part.

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PDF
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Full Score

Scan of the full score.

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PDF
Intertextuality
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Work Page
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Frère Jacques
Nursery Rhyme

4. Little song out of tune

2
Little Red Riding Hood
Fairy Tale

6. The wolf and the Red Riding Hood

Performances
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1
January 26, 1970
Kotopouli -Rex Theatre
Athens
Greece
N/A
Athens State Orchestra
Byron Kolasis (conductor)
Athens State Orchestra
Eight Children's Miniatures, Op. 23a
2
December 3, 2000
Athens Concert Hall - Christos Lambrakis Hall (Friends of Music Hall)
Athens
Greece
A Tribute to Composer Yorgo Sicilianos
Athens Concert Hall
Byron Fidetzis (conductor), Stefanos Nasos (piano) [Op. 48a], Theodore Tzovanakis (piano) [Op. 48a]
ERT- National Symphony Orchestra
Tanagraea, Op. 17b - Eight Children's Miniatures, Op. 23a - Contrastes, Op. 48a - Sonata for Orchestra, Op. 60
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December 13, 2020
Christos Lambrakis Hall
Athens
Greece
Beethoven: 250 Years – 100 Years Since the Birth of Yorgos Sicilianos (Μπετόβεν 250 χρόνια - 100 χρόνια από τη γέννηση του Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου)
Athens State Orchestra
Lukas Karytinos (conductor)
Athens State Orchestra
Eight Children's Miniatures Op. 23a
Performers
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Profile
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Athens State Orchestra
Orchestra
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Byron Fidetzis
Conductor, Cellist, Author
Athens State Orchestra
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra
Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
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Byron Kolasis
Violinist, Conductor, Composer
Athens State Orchestra
Piraeus Municipal Symphony Orchestra
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ERT- National Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation
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Lukas Karytinos
Conductor
Athens State Orchestra
Broadcasts
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Broadcast Page
1
Yorgos Sicilianos - 100 Years
Stream
YouTube
December 13, 2020
References
  1. Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 70-71
  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), 12, 270, 279, 280
  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, 181, 198, 199, 205, 324, 325, 425
  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), 116, 117, 118, 127, 185, 198, 199, 232, 233, 243
  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), 65, 109, 116