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Symphony No. 1

Πρώτη Συμφωνία, έρ. 14

Catalogue No.: YSC48

Status: Completed

Opus: 14

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Dedication:

"To Dimitri Mitropoulos."

Number of Movements: 4

Movement Titles:

Lento assai
Allegro preciso
Largo
Finale. Allegro vivacissimo, quasi presto

Instrumentation:

3333-4331, Timpani, Percussion (Bass Drum, Cymbals, Triangle, Tam-Tam, Xylophone), Celesta, Piano, Harp, Strings

Written in: Cambridge, MA & New York, NY

Date: January 13, 1956

Duration: 00:32:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Trumpet I Part	Digital scan of the Trumpet I part.	8	PDF	View or Download
2	Trumpet II Part	Digital scan of the Trumpet II part.	7	PDF	View or Download
3	Trumpet III Part	Digital scan of the Trumpet III part.	6	PDF	View or Download
4	Tuba Part	Digital scan of the Tuba part.	6	PDF	View or Download
5	Viola Part	Digital scan of the Viola part.	12	PDF	View or Download
6	Violin I Part	Digital scan of the Violin I part.	14	PDF	View or Download
7	Violin II Part	Digital scan of the Violin II part.	14	PDF	View or Download
8	Bass Clarinet Part	Digital scan of the Bass Clarinet part.	7	PDF	View or Download
9	Bass Drum Part	Digital scan of the Bass Drum part.	4	PDF	View or Download
10	Bassoon I Part	Digital scan of the Bassoon I part.	9	PDF	View or Download
11	Bassoon II Part	Digital scan of the Bassoon II part.	8	PDF	View or Download
12	Cello Part	Digital scan of the Cello part.	11	PDF	View or Download
13	Clarinet I Part	Digital scan of the Clarinet I part.	12	PDF	View or Download
14	Clarinet II Part	Digital scan of the Clarinet II part.	10	PDF	View or Download
15	Contrabassoon Part	Digital scan of the Contrabassoon part.	7	PDF	View or Download
16	Cor Anglais Part	Digital scan of the Cor Anglais part.	8	PDF	View or Download
17	Cymbals Part	Digital scan of the Cymbals part.	5	PDF	View or Download
18	Double Bass Part	Digital scan of the Double Bass part.	10	PDF	View or Download
19	Flute I Part	Digital scan of the Flute I part.	12	PDF	View or Download
20	Flute II Part	Digital scan of the Flute II part.	10	PDF	View or Download
21	Flute II and Piccolo Part	Digital scan of the Flute II and Piccolo part.	10	PDF	View or Download
22	Full Score	Digital scan of the full score.	124	PDF	View or Download
23	Harp Part	Digital scan of the Harp part.	10	PDF	View or Download
24	Horn in F I Part	Digital scan of the Horn in F I part.	8	PDF	View or Download
25	Horn in F II Part	Digital scan of the Horn in F II part.	8	PDF	View or Download
26	Horn in F III Part	Digital scan of the Horn in F III part.	8	PDF	View or Download
27	Horn in F IV Part	Digital scan of the Horn in F IV part.	8	PDF	View or Download
28	Oboe I Part	Digital scan of the Oboe I part.	11	PDF	View or Download
29	Oboe II Part	Digital scan of the Oboe II part.	10	PDF	View or Download
30	Piano and Celesta Part	Digital scan of the Piano and Celesta part.	16	PDF	View or Download
31	Snare Drum and Xylophone Part	Digital scan of the Snare Drum and Xylophone part.	4	PDF	View or Download
32	Timpani Part	Digital scan of the Timpani part.	7	PDF	View or Download
33	Triangle Part	Digital scan of the Triangle part.	4	PDF	View or Download
34	Trombone I Part	Digital scan of the Trombone I part.	6	PDF	View or Download
35	Trombone II Part	Digital scan of the Trombone II part.	6	PDF	View or Download
36	Trombone III Part	Digital scan of the Trombone III part.	6	PDF	View or Download
37	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material.	76	PDF	View or Download
38	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	139	PDF	View or Download
39	Full Score	Sacn of the full score.	124	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		The Great God Brown	Eugene O'Neill	Play		View

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		Psi (Ψ) Archive	Dimitri Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic Orchestra	Symphony No. 1 Op. 14	LP - Vinyl	Hellenic Cultural Office	1987	View
2		Greek Classical Composers	Dimitri Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic Orchestra	Symphony No. 1 Op. 14	Compact Disc	Lyra	1991	View

Texts

#	Cover	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Remarks	Text Page
1		My Music of the Last Fifteen Years (1952-1967)	Lecture	1967	Greek		View
2		Interview with Michel Fais	Interview	1992	Greek		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	March 1, 1958	Carnegie Hall	New York	USA	N/A	New York Philharmonic	Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor)	New York Philharmonic Orchestra	Symphony No. 1, Op. 14
2	November 10, 1958	Kotopouli - Rex Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Andreas Paridis (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Symphony No. 1
3	April 30, 2009	Friends of Music Hall (Christos Lambrakis Hall)	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Nikos Tsouchlos (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Symphony No. 1, Op. 14

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Andreas Paridis	Conductor		View
2	Athens State Orchestra	Orchestra		View
3	Dimitri Mitropoulos	Conductor	New York Philharmonic	View
4	New York Philharmonic	Orchestra		View
5	Nikos Tsouchlos	Conductor, Pianist	Athens Conservatoire Ionian University Athens Concert Hall	View

Broadcasts

#	Image	Title	Format	Channel/Station	Date	Broadcast Page
1		History of Greek Symphonic Music	Television	ERT - Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation	November 3, 1992	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 45-47
Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 98, 142, 146
Psi (Ψ) Archive (Αρχείο Ψ), performed by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos. Hellenic Cultural Office, 1987, LP. Catalogue No.: 91065.
Greek Classical Composers, performed by Krino Kalomiri with the National Radio Foundation Orchestra, conducted by Manolis Kalomiris, and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos. Lyra, 1991, Compact Disc. Catalogue No.: CD 0074.
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, 8, 266, 267, 268, 270
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 170, 283, 319
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), 16, 27, 29, 32, 33, 65, 77, 115, 185, 195, 196, 242
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), 48, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 70, 92, 112, 116, 122

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