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Op. 5 Prelude and Dance
Work Information

Prelude and Dance

Πρελούδιο και Χορός

Catalogue No.: YSC36

Status: Completed

Opus: 5

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Early Works

Dedication:

"To the esteemed Mr. G. Lykoudis, a good man and pure artist"

Number of Movements: 2

Movement Titles:

  1. Prelude
  2. Dance

Instrumentation:

4242-4231, Timpani, Percussion (Cymbals, Tambourine, Triangle), Harp, Strings (4.4.3.3.2)

Written in: Athens

Date: August 1, 1948

Duration: 00:05:00

Sicilianos Archive Files
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Draft Score 2

Scan of a draft score.

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PDF
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Op. 5 Prelude and Dance
Final Score

Scan of the final score.

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PDF
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Draft Score 1

Scan of a draft score. Note the original titlte of the piece: "Greek Suite"

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PDF
Texts
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Text Page
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My Music of the Last Fifteen Years (1952-1967)
Lecture
1967
Greek
Performances
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1
September 2, 1948
Athens Radio Station
Athens
Greece
N/A
Athens Radio Station
Georgios Lykoudis (conductor)
Athens Radio Station Orchestra
Prelude and Dance, Op. 5
Performers
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Profile
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Georgios Lykoudis
Violinist
National Theatre
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Orchestra of the Athens Radio Station
Orchestra
Athens Radio Station
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  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), 7, 264
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