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Ode to David

Three Psalms for Contralto and Orchestra

Ωδή Δαυίδ

Catalogue No.: YSC38

Status: Completed

Opus: 6

Genre: Voice

Creative Timeline: First Period

Dedication:

"In memory of the great Greek artist Eleni Papadaki"

Number of Movements: 3

Movement Titles:

  1. Maestoso
  2. Largo
  3. Allegro giocoso

Instrumentation:

3323 – 4331, Timpani, Percussion (Tubular Bells, Cymbals, Tamtam), Strings, Contralto

Written in: Athens

Date: January 28, 1949

Duration: 00:17:00

Sicilianos Archive Files
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Draft Score

Scan of the draft score.

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2
Full Score

Scan of the full score.

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Piano Reduction Score

Scan of the piano reduction score.

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Intertextuality
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Work Page
1
Psalms of David - 45
Religious Poem
2
Psalms of David - 112
Religious Poem
3
Psalms of David - 129
Religious Poem
References
  1. Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 31-32
  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), 264, 265
  3. 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, 192
  4. 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