Ex Canticis Profanis

Song Cycle for Dramatic Soprano and Orchestra

Ex Canticis Profanis (Κύκλος τραγουδιών για δραματική σοπράνο και ορχήστρα) έργο 9

Catalogue No.: YSC43

Status: Completed

Opus: 9

Key: F# Minor

Genre: Voice

Creative Timeline: First Period

Number of Movements: 4

Movement Titles:

Sunset
The Gospel in the Backpack
Tragic Caricatures
Seagulls

Instrumentation:

3222-2221, Timpani, Percussion (Triangle, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Xylophone), Harp, Strings

Written in: Rome

Date: January 22, 1953

Duration: 00:19:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Cover/First Page	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1		Final Score	Scan of the final score.	87	PDF	View or Download
2		Piano Reduction Score	Scan of the piano reduction score.	26	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1	Sunset	Michele Carpi	Poem	1. Sunset	View
2	The Gospel in the Backpack	Giuseppe Alfieri	Poem	2. The Gospel in the Backpack	View
3	Tragic Caricatures	Unknown	Poem	3. Tragic Caricatures	View
4	Seagulls	Vincenzo Cardarelli	Poem	4. Seagulls	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 38
Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 17
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 7, 265
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), 185
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), 115

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